Chapter 246: Odd Job
No way? Just when Shang Qianyu, who was vaguely suspected to be the biggest threat to Kuiguang Group, was arranged clearly, there was good news from the record company again?
Mr. Yang, who was determined to make a lot of money in the third quarter, did not show any sign of retreat and very bravely clicked on the message sent by Huang Wei.
"Mr. Yang, are you busy now? If not, can I take up a few minutes of your time? I have something to discuss with you!"
Is there something important to discuss? Yang Ruoqian heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that the message did not contain any information that would test his heart.
Even if it is good news, it is probably not yet at the stage of realization.
After all, Huang Wei has never been a leader. Generally speaking, as the head of a branch company, as long as it is not a very important decision, he does not need to report to the branch headquarters, let alone report to Yang Ruoqian himself.
Judging from the current size of Spark Records, apart from something as costly as releasing songs, anything else it does can hardly be considered a "major decision."
As for something like releasing music which requires a lot of money, Yang Ruoqian directly gave Huang Wei the highest authority - there would be no obstacles in getting money from the group.
So what could happen to Huang Wei? The group had too many projects and too many businesses to worry about, and Yang Ruoqian had no time to take care of other things... But he was still very pleased that Huang Wei was willing to report things he was unsure of.
Yang Ruoqian gradually calmed down his nervousness and asked by typing: "We have some time now, tell me what's going on?"
Huang Wei seemed to have been staying in front of the computer chat box and had already written a reply. Just one second after Yang Ruoqian sent the question, Huang Wei's reply came back.
"Mr. Yang, we have received several orders recently, but there are some problems with these orders. Accepting them may have some impact on the subsequent reputation. We are not sure about making a decision, so I want to ask you."
Huh? You have an order now?
And it’s the kind of order that has unclear and unexplained impacts?
Before Spark Records was acquired, it mostly did business with individual customers. Some of these people made songs for fun, while others made them to show off to their friends. Most of them didn't have the worry that "this song will ruin the record company's reputation after it's released."
It is not widely spread and is hardly circulated within the circle.
Why did they suddenly receive such an order now? Could it be that because it was acquired by Kuiguang Group, some irrational groups had more hope than necessary for this half-buried company? Yang Ruoqian asked, "What exactly is the order? Tell me in detail and I'll study it with you."
Huang Wei was ashamed and touched to see that his boss was willing to take out his precious time to take care of their poor and run-down company that had brought discredit to the group's performance. He said repeatedly: "It's like this, a few companies said they wanted us to produce theme songs for their TV series or movies..."
Huang Wei typed very quickly, wanting to finish his own things as quickly as possible and occupy as little of Yang Ruoqian's attention as possible.
As the worst student in the class, I not only did not receive the criticism from the teacher as I had imagined, but was even treated patiently when I asked some very basic questions.
They even receive more care than the "top students" in the company.
The most important thing is that Huang Wei still receives a salary from the group, eats in the group’s cafeteria, and even the house he rents is subsidized by the group.
This feeling of contrast... really made him feel ashamed. He wished he could disappear right there and contact her again after he had made some achievements.
But for the benefit and long-term development of the group, what does this little thought mean? Huang Wei's heart was in turmoil, and he typed three times faster: "But, we have specifically studied the scripts of these film and television dramas. The reputation of these movies before they were released was mixed. If we make songs for them, will it also cause the reputation of our company to decline?"
"There is no such thing as word of mouth in our record company, but I am afraid that this will affect the reputation of the group..."
"This is not a rumor. This company and this director have written novels and filmed movies and TV series before, and the reputation of each one has been worse than the last. The key is that their popularity is still high and their content has spread widely."
Yang Ruoqian thought about it for a moment and quickly understood what Huang Wei meant. He couldn't help feeling both amused and confused.
I'm worried about such trivial things...
How could the matter of one or two songs affect the group's reputation? Even if it did affect it, Yang Ruoqian applauded.
This kind of negative influence that fell from the sky is a blessing that I can't ask for in three lifetimes! Yang Ruoqian then made a decision: "Oh, it's a small matter, it doesn't matter. No matter what kind of movie they make, you just make your music and don't be affected by external things, understand?"
"Always remember that you are musicians. You just need to make good music. Other things have nothing to do with you. How can a little bit of criticism affect you? The group will not blame you for such groundless things."
"So what if the TV show or film is bad? As long as the songs are good, the reputation won't be ruined! The audience is not unreasonable."
"I said this when I acquired you before, whether Spark Records makes money or not is not important. What is important is whether it can produce good songs and music!"
"As long as I can polish a good song, even if it takes five or ten years and costs countless publicity and promotion fees, it is acceptable."
"Don't let economic pressure suppress your creativity. The last thing I want to see is people who are eager for quick success and instant benefits... I know what you are thinking, but the group is not short of profitable projects now. What it lacks is a golden signboard."
"Your role is to promote this golden sign. No matter how much effort you put in or how much money you spend, the group will support you. I won't repeat this for the third time."
"Any other questions?"
Huang Wei's fingers were shaking after hearing these words - after Spark Records was split from Yuefu Group, it collapsed because it was too eager for quick success and encountered a cold winter in the industry.
But how can they say this to shareholders?
Others want to see performance and make money. Can those who are paid say no?
Meeting a boss as considerate as Yang Ruoqian, who took the initiative to say these words... is like a good horse meeting a good horse trainer.
No, if we just do what Mr. Yang said, the progress will be too slow and we will hardly have the chance to repay the group.
Mr. Yang said that he only wanted the brand name, not the profits, but Huang Wei had a bold idea in his mind - why not get the reputation and profits at the same time? "Mr. Yang, I... I have no problem!"
Mr. Yang, who had spoken frankly, looked at the screen and nodded with satisfaction - this time he had even told the specific executors of the project openly that there was "no need to make money". He couldn't possibly imagine something that he shouldn't have imagined, right?
However, if you want to say this to your employees, you need to meet many limited conditions to bypass the system's "no passive operation" rule.
For example, the Kuiguang Group does lack a golden signboard in the music industry, and the company does not have any other projects that lose money but gain publicity.
For example, the "reputation" gained in exchange for the loss of profits is positive, etc...
Anyway, his real purpose is to prolong the time - if the time is too long, the salary will be higher, the various costs cannot be evenly spread, and the profit cycle will be infinitely extended.
Extend the time...
Yang Ruoqian thought about it and decided to give Huang Wei some more explosive information to delay the progress of his project. "By the way, since you are here, I will assign you another task."
Huang Wei, who almost quit WeChat, immediately sent a message: "Boss Yang, please tell me what tasks you have! I promise to complete them!"
He never expected that he would be entrusted with such an important task!
We must not let down this trust! Yang Ruoqian typed slowly: "You should know that the group has two contracted singers who were eliminated from the "Singing Motherland" program before, but they have accumulated a lot of popularity."
"I plan to hand over the work of writing lyrics and composing music to you guys."
"Of course, don't be too happy... After all, this is the first time I've done this kind of task, and I won't stop outsourcing their music production. You can't put all your eggs in one basket."
"Don't let others outdo you when the time comes!"
After making up an excuse for spending more money, Mr. Yang thought for a moment and added, "Of course, don't worry, there will be no punishment if you are outdone!"
This was a strategy that Yang Ruoqian came up with on the spur of the moment to kill two birds with one stone.
Not only did it assign more tasks to Spark Records, further dispersing their already limited energy, but it also slowed down the speed at which Zeng Yi and Wei Ling released new songs.
Of the two companies, the faster one must wait for the slower one, otherwise how can they compare? After seeing the task, Huang Wei felt a sinking feeling in his heart, and felt that the pressure on his shoulders was inexplicably heavy.
"Boss Yang, this..."
The elimination of Zeng Yi and Wei Ling from the show "Singing Motherland" caused quite a stir. As a music production company, they certainly had in-depth understanding of the matter.
The two people with distinctive styles and obviously stronger singing skills were eliminated early, which aroused the public's deep distrust of the program team.
It also exposed inside information that there were many conflicts among the mentors, and even many conflicts between the mentors and the program team.
The mentors in charge of Zeng Yi and Wei Ling even publicly stated that their elimination was not due to their ability, but that they, as mentors, should be held responsible, which caused an uproar on major social media platforms.
For this reason, Yang Ruoqian himself also issued instructions to the group's legal department. This kind of thing that obviously involves inside information must not be tolerated and must be investigated to the end. If this program continues to be broadcast, the Kuiguang Group will have to continue to make trouble.
Rumor has it that Yang Ruoqian's white gloves, an intelligence team that does not work at the group headquarters, have already secretly collected all kinds of evidence and are waiting for the final blow.
Not long ago, a movie blogger who took bribes to spread rumors about "The Black Robe Inspection Team" even had some people fly thousands of miles to Jinhai and line up downstairs of the office building hoping to have a meeting with the group. The rumors were also the work of these all-seeing white gloves.
From this incident, we can see that in Mr. Yang's mind, "The Black Robe Inspection Team" and the combination of Zeng Yi and Wei Ling are equally important.
"The Black Robe Inspection Team" is a movie with a box office of more than 1 billion...
Such an equally important matter actually fell upon a miscellaneous company like Spark Company?
Huang Wei understood how important his next job was! If he did it well, it might even become one of the group's revenue streams!
How could this be a mission? This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to prove my worth! Seeing Huang Wei's silence and hesitation, Yang Ruoqian immediately provoked him: "What's the matter? Are you having trouble?"
"No!" Huang Wei was surprised and immediately replied, "Not at all difficult!"
"Very good..." Just when Yang Ruoqian wanted to end the call, his intuition as a boss for many years suddenly told him that he had missed a very important piece of information in this matter.
Materialist Yang Ruoqian has always firmly believed in this kind of feeling which is completely groundless and without reason.
He immediately began to quickly review the entire content of the conversation in his mind.
Almost instantly, Yang Ruoqian realized that there was something wrong with this conversation from the beginning! Even if a little-known music production company was acquired by Kuiguang Group, there shouldn't be "many" companies and "many" film and television projects that would like to cooperate with it, right? It's true that everyone trusts Kuiguang Group very much, but that's only limited to the city of Jinhai. Looking at the whole country, Kuiguang Group's influence is much smaller.
There may be many companies that are taking a wait-and-see attitude, but to directly extend an invitation, especially to a music production company that has been silent for ten years, the word "trust" alone is not enough.
There is a problem, there is a big problem here! After figuring out the logic, Yang Ruoqian pretended not to care and asked, "By the way, why did you suddenly receive so much business?"
Huang Wei seemed to have not expected Yang Ruoqian to ask this question, and this time he answered much slower: "Ah, wasn't this arranged by Mr. Yang?"
Oh shit!
Seeing this answer, Yang Ruoqian immediately confirmed that there was indeed something wrong with this matter!
It was my arrangement again, and I didn't even know about it! But before Yang Ruoqian could make an excuse, Huang Wei continued, "Someone from the shelter company found us and said they wanted us to make a theme song for their new movie Titanic 2, so we agreed..."
"I see they are also controlled by the group, I thought it was arranged by you..."
Seeing Huang Wei's answer, Yang Ruoqian was speechless for a moment - those people just wanted to save money and randomly found a music production company they had never heard of! The people in the shelter company might not have noticed that the two families were actually under the same group! After being reminded of this, Yang Ruoqian also remembered that he seemed to have seen someone praising the theme song of "Titanic 2" somewhere recently.
But he didn't take it to heart at that time.
This is the detail!
Details determine success or failure! Yang Ruoqian hastily closed the chat box and went to the video website to search for resources for "Titanic 2".
…
The office of the head of Spark Records.
Huang Weijing followed Yang Ruoqian's orders and assigned tasks to all employees of the company.
It was not until the end of the get off work day that he reluctantly packed up his personal belongings and took the elevator to leave the office building.
Just when his mind was full of company affairs and he was lost in thought, a figure with an anxious look and sweat all over his body stopped him.
The summer in Jinhai can be described as a furnace, and this is no rumor.
"Hello, do you work at Kuiguang Group?"
Huang Wei was interrupted from his thoughts. He was still a little confused and nodded subconsciously: "Yes, you are?"
The man was overjoyed when he heard this: "I'm from the Voice of China program team. I want to talk to your company. Can you help me get in touch with them?"
Huang Wei immediately came to his senses after hearing this program. He shook his head and refused at the speed of light: "I'm sorry, I'm just a handyman in the company and can't help."
After saying that, Huang Wei opened the back door of the luxury car that the group had forced upon him.
The driver in the driving seat stepped on the accelerator, and the luxury car quickly blended into the traffic on the road and disappeared without a trace.
The people sent by the "Singing Motherland" program crew were stunned.
"Hit, do odd jobs?!"
"Does it mean that even if I work as a handyman at Kuiguang Group, I can have a dedicated person and car to take me to and from get off work?"
(End of this chapter)
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