The conference room was silent, and everyone looked at Chen Shiming.
"I am responsible." Chen Shiming paused for a moment, his voice still steady: "It's just that a spokesperson terminated the contract due to dissatisfaction with the contract terms. Neither party has breached the contract. I would like to ask everyone present, are there not many cases of regrets when signing contracts when dealing with project issues?"
The middle-aged man had a gloomy expression. Chen Shiming did not play by the rules at all and brought the topic back in a few words.
Indeed, Fu Yanyu's actions were carried out without either party breaching the contract.
"Besides, the Feihong Rongguang project is the project I am responsible for. Whether the plan is messed up or not should be decided by my team." Chen Shiming changed the subject and said, "May I ask which project you are cooperating with Feihong on? How did you know that my plan is completely messed up, and how did you conclude that this project is doomed to lose money?"
The middle-aged man's expression froze: "Of course I heard it from Feihong."
"You are so sure, but given the current situation, can you guarantee that this project will not lose money?"
"That's enough." Chen Jianhong interrupted the debate between the two. He looked at Chen Shiming: "Shiming, what do you say?"
"I do not accept any accusation without evidence, nor do I accept any unfounded rumors."
Chen Shiming said seriously: "Whether I can handle every project under my command well, I believe it depends on the results. I will take full charge of Feihong's affairs and will not let the group's investment go to waste."
The people in the conference room looked at each other, and nodded in agreement when they heard this.
Some people want to take sides, but what Chen Shiming said is indeed correct. Everything depends on the outcome.
The middle-aged man looked at the other directors and found that they were completely staying out of the matter and seemed to no longer want to get involved.
He had no choice but to sit down with a gloomy face and said, "You'd better do it."
Chen Jianhong looked around at the other people in the meeting room and took note of the person who had just responded to the middle-aged man.
He asked a few more questions. There was no other agenda. "Then we'll disband. We'll discuss this next week."
A verbal debate ended here. Some people in the conference room glanced at Chen Shiming fiercely. Judging from the current situation, they really couldn't do anything to Chen Shiming, and it was not so easy to strip Chen Shiming of his power.
After the meeting, Chen Shiming returned to his office with a grim look on his face. He asked the female assistant beside him, "Did you write down the people who just stood with him?"
The female assistant nodded seriously: "Write it down, as well as the people from Mr. Xu's side."
"Ask others to pay attention to their recent actions. Investigate all the mid-level cadres related to them. Keep your actions low and don't let them find out." Chen Shiming gave instructions, and then asked, "Any news from Xiao Xu? What's going on with the Feihong Rongguang project?"
The female assistant paused, wanting to say something but stopping herself: "Fu Yanyu has indeed transferred his contract to another company. The company he signed with is Yicheng Medical, which we had a conflict with before."
They did this because Yicheng had discovered many problems within the group, and their superiors were particularly interested in Yicheng's information. This time, Yicheng Medical suddenly appeared and signed a contract with Fu Yanyu, and everything seemed suspicious. If they hadn't found out the information before, they might have felt the same as most people, believing that Yicheng had taken the initiative to come and provoke the Chen family, and then took other measures.
Yicheng...
Chen Shiming frowned slightly: "Y City Yicheng, something is wrong with this matter, check all the relevant personnel."
Female assistant: “Yes!”
Chen Shiming asked again: "What is Chen Qizhao doing? How does he plan to deal with this matter?"
"The Second Young Master wants to sign a new spokesperson, actor Nie Chenxiao, and all of his schedules match the promotion schedule we originally planned." The female assistant was well prepared and handed the relevant documents to Chen Shiming. She said tactfully: "It's just...his popularity is not high."
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The time goes back to two hours ago, in the office of Feihong Propaganda Department.
Everyone looked at Chen Qizhao.
The documents on the table are some materials for "The Mind's Eyes". A quick glance shows that there is a lot of information about the actors.
"Mind's Eye"? ? ?
The person in charge was stunned when he heard this. It is no secret in the industry what dramas are going to be broadcast at the end of the year. Some dramas are prepared for promotion before they even start, but whether they can become popular depends largely on the publicity plan and capital of the crew behind the drama. Judging from the current capital and popularity, even if "Xiao Yao" does not become a hit, it can still rely on traffic and hype to dominate the charts for a long time, and the actors' exposure can last for 2-3 months in the long run.
If it happens to be a big hit, maybe it can reach a higher level.
If "Xiao Yao" is a project in reserve for big hits, "Xin Yan" can only be considered second-rate. Although there is publicity, the TV series is a short play, and the subject matter chosen is modern urban suspense. Simply put, it is not easy to be broadcast on satellite TV, and the follow-up power is not good. Once it fails, it will really be like a dead pool. They can even consider ancient idol dramas or urban sweet dramas on other online platforms during the same period, which have stronger sustainability than suspense dramas.
"We are not very optimistic about Xinyan. The current publicity and promotion of their script is weak. It was only because of the relationship with the director that it was featured on a satellite TV variety show." Another person from the publicity department came out and said, "And suspense... is too niche."
Chen Qizhao listened to them and did not refute.
The suspense drama market in China is indeed niche at this stage, but in the next few years, suspense detective dramas will basically become a major mainstream of online dramas. Whether it is ancient costume detective stories or modern criminal investigations, there is a large fixed audience.
The first hit drama to open up this market was "Heart's Eyes".
"Xiao Yao", which was favored by investors, did not become popular, but "Xin Yan" released at the same time became an explosive hit, and its popularity lasted for two years. The two male protagonists of "Xin Yan" became instantly popular and later became well-known actors.
Nie Chenxiao is one of them.
Chen Qizhao thought hard about it, and later it seemed that Nie Chenxiao won the Best Actor award when he was 40 years old.
"But 'Mind's Eyes' is cheap." Chen Qizhao sat with his chin in his hand. "I originally planned to pay Yan Yu a sky-high endorsement fee, so it would be better to sign a small star and do the publicity for them. This way we can save a lot of money. It's better to sign a potential stock than a marketing guy. What do you think?"
But marketing gurus are popular, and potential stocks will easily die if they don’t surface!
The person in charge thought with a blank expression, but did not dare to refute.
"In fact, I've also been following Xinyan. The script of this drama is adapted from a well-known suspense novel. Although the screenwriter is a newcomer, he has the help of the original author. The director is the famous Director Li." A girl spoke up, "The production team is very attentive. You can see it by watching the promotional video... Some veteran actors also starred in some guest roles because of Director Li's invitation... The only problem is that the appearance of this drama is not very high."
After all, a small number of them are veteran actors, and their average age is relatively old, with even the leading actors being in their thirties.
The person in charge was still a little hesitant. "Show me the information. Who is the lead actor? A new actor?"
Having said that, the people in the Propaganda Department still honestly searched for information related to "The Mind's Eyes".
Compared to "Xiao Yao", which was heavily promoted as soon as its release date was confirmed, "Heart's Eyes" can be said to have made no splash at all... but the production team is still pretty good.
"Mr. Chen, do you want to sign..." the person in charge asked tentatively.
"Nie Chenxiao." Chen Qizhao flipped through the file casually, and when he got to the page about Nie Chenxiao, he pushed it to him: "That's it."
Indeed, Nie Chenxiao is the male lead and has more exposure than the second male or female characters.
And the most important thing is that the drama "Heart's Eyes" and "Xiao Yao" are released almost at the same time, so their publicity plan and channels can be slightly modified to be fully used by Nie Chenxiao. The most important thing is that Nie Chenxiao is not that popular, so he can fully cooperate with their publicity.
Nie Chenxiao is an artist who, apart from his popularity, completely fits their promotional needs.
But if the drama "Heart's Eyes" can become popular, the effect will be completely different. It is a real potential stock in the true sense, and it was recommended by their boss.
At this time, there was a person in the office who was paying attention to Chen Qizhao. He thought of Assistant Yu's instructions and fanned the flames, "Boss Chen, Nie Chenxiao's popularity doesn't seem to be good enough."
He tried his best to draw Chen Qizhao's attention to Yicheng. "Besides, it was Yicheng that signed the contract with Fu Yanyu. We may..."
Although Feihong's Rongguang series is a niche brand, it has always had a very high reputation. They are not without money. If it were not for the schedule and original plan, they could even sign better artists... Nie Chenxiao has only a few million fans on Weibo, which is completely incomparable to Fu Yanyu who has tens of millions of fans.
Yicheng will definitely provide their spokespersons with good publicity channels, and they may not be able to beat them.
Just as everyone was thinking about it, a laugh suddenly rang out in the office.
Chen Qizhao sneered, threw the document in his hand into the middle, and looked at the person who just spoke with disdain, "Are you mistaken? Are you saying that our Chen family can't beat Yicheng?"
The man who spoke up looked a little nervous, "Mr. Chen, that's not what I meant."
"Let Fu Yanyu sign with Yicheng. He wants to touch our brand even if he does this. Don't you see how much of his popularity is marketing-driven?" Chen Qizhao looked at the man and said with a half-smile, "What's wrong with Yicheng snatching our people? I need you to make one thing clear. Now we Feihong don't want Fu Yanyu, the marketing guy. Besides, who said that Fu Yanyu's drama will be popular?"
"Then I want to sign Nie Chenxiao." Chen Qizhao looked at him and continued in his usual arrogant tone: "I want to see who is more powerful, Fu Yanyu who signed at a sky-high price or my people."
The man was stunned when he heard this, as if he didn't expect Chen Qizhao to be so arrogant.
He originally wanted to make Feihong's preparation go down the drain by instigating Chen Qizhao to confront Yicheng, but he didn't expect that this stimulation would actually make Chen Qizhao sign a contract with Nie Chenxiao to confront Yicheng. Shouldn't he sign a contract with Liu Tianhou at this time?
This result is a little different from the original one, and it can be seen that Chen Qizhao is still very hostile to Yicheng. He is so naive that he wants to compare Fu Yanyu with a third-tier artist. It would take at least three years of cerebral thrombosis for him to have such an idea. Is this guy mentally ill?
Oh, no, I heard from Assistant Yu that Chen Qizhao does have some issues.
He didn't say anything else, but everyone in the office was stunned! ?
The person in charge glared at the man who spoke and wanted to smooth over the situation, but Chen Qizhao insisted on his own way.
The Rongguang project is a major project he is in charge of, and it has also attracted a lot of investment in recent years. If he really messes up here, he will probably pack up and leave once his superiors ask about it.
Originally, they could discuss other candidates with the boss, but now with this situation, their only choice is Nie Chenxiao.
Chen Qizhao flexed his fingers, listened to the whispers in the office, and leaned lazily back in his chair.
There was a hint of coldness in his calm eyes. Yu Jie really didn't know how to choose people. He chose such a stupid teammate? He was still thinking about how to act impulsive and reckless enough in front of these people. Now, he saved the effort.
When Assistant Yu came out of the meeting room, he received a call from Feihong.
When the man in charge of stirring up trouble told him the result of the meeting, his brows knitted tightly, "Nie Chenxiao!? Why did you choose this person?"
In order to ensure that Feihong would not suffer any losses, they had basically arranged for popular spokespersons at the same stage. Feihong could only consider itself unlucky to choose Liu Tianhou. However, the situation suddenly became like this. If Nie Chenxiao was chosen, the funds that Feihong had originally invested could still be used, and there would be no major losses due to schedule issues.
"But isn't our goal to make Chen Qizhao and Yicheng quarrel? Now they have quarreled, and that idiot Chen Qizhao is clamoring to use Nie Chenxiao to teach Fu Yanyu and Yicheng a lesson... Isn't the result just right?" The other party continued: "I also watched the crew of the drama "Heart's Eyes". It can't be compared with Xiaoyao. Chen Qizhao was just angry."
Forget it, if the publicity effect is poor, Feihong Rongguang will basically be finished.
Assistant Yu pondered: "When the show starts, find some people to give negative reviews to Xinyan."
After hanging up the phone, the man returned to the office door and saw two legal officers in the office, redrafting the contract under the watchful eye of Chen Qizhao. He stood there for a while, and suddenly heard hurried footsteps at the corner of the corridor. The man in a suit had his neatly-knit hair a little messy, and he was running while holding a document, looking a little anxious.
Special Assistant Xu stopped in time and saw Chen Qizhao inside the glass door. "Hello, please make way."
After saying that, she walked past the man and entered the office.
man:"……"
"Oh, you're just in time?" Chen Qizhao glanced at Special Assistant Xu and waved, "Contact Nie Chenxiao and ask him to come to Feihong to sign the contract when he's free in the next two days."
Special Assistant Xu: “……?” What’s going on?
He rushed over from the headquarters and almost fainted after learning about the situation. Is Fu Yanyu mentally retarded? Is he risking offending the Chen family by doing this, or is it because Yicheng behind the scenes gives him so much confidence that he really wants to confront the Chen family face to face?
Then why did you choose Nie Chenxiao?
Chen Qizhao looked at him in confusion: "Why are you here? Is today the group's regular meeting? Why is Chen Shiming so free?"
Special Assistant Xu smiled bitterly and said, "Something went wrong during the meeting."
He briefly talked about what happened in the meeting and also stated the purpose of his visit.
Chen Qizhao's smiling face darkened after Assistant Xu finished speaking.
His eyes turned dark, and his voice turned colder: "Really?"
Special Assistant Xu did not notice the change in Chen Qizhao and sighed: "If something happens to Feihong, the boss will probably be implicated as well. We have to choose the spokesperson carefully..." If this project really loses money, someone will probably take this opportunity to share the power.
"The spokesperson can only be Nie Chenxiao. Without changing the original plan, Nie Chenxiao is the most suitable candidate."
Chen Qizhao handed a document to Assistant Xu and analyzed it calmly: "All the time plans and available candidates are listed above. Do you have time to investigate how many of these people are scammers or how many were arranged in advance? Is the dilemma in the meeting room really a coincidence?"
Special Assistant Xu paused. Yes, it was obvious that all this was well prepared.
In such a short time, they didn't have time to check everything one by one.
"Yes, you can't, and neither can Chen Shiming." Chen Qizhao closed the file and opened another one. "Liu Tianhou is certainly a good candidate, but using her to fill the current schedule, her exposure is completely insufficient, and she can only be said to be mediocre. In the end, this project is likely to become mediocre under the impact of other traffic. Sometimes mediocrity is equivalent to loss. It's hard to satisfy everyone. If you want to shut these people up, you can only explode."
Chen Qizhao's voice was not loud, and in the noisy surroundings, only the two of them could hear this conversation.
Special Assistant Xu's eyes fell on Chen Qizhao. He couldn't quite believe that such words came from the mouth of the Second Young Master Chen. For a moment, he seemed to feel that the person he was talking to was his boss. He was calm, confident, and reasonable.
He was about to speak when the boy in front of him suddenly smiled.
"You've been with my brother for so long, haven't you ever made a bet before?" Chen Qizhao's expression suddenly changed. He closed the file casually, and his previous calmness was swept away. What he said was natural and casual: "Liu Tianhou is a known result, but Nie Chenxiao is different."
His finger stopped at Nie Chenxiao's ID photo on the personal file next to him, "How can you be sure that he can't be exposed?"
In an office at the group's headquarters, no one dared to speak, looking at the man sitting in the leather chair with a gloomy face.
Surrounded by wolves, they could only conduct a secondary inspection of each project after the meeting to prevent the situation of Project 456 from happening again. But in addition to this, there was another matter that needed to be resolved urgently.
The assistants looked at their boss who was on the phone, observing his words and expressions and paying attention to any changes in his expression.
"Did he say that?" Chen Shiming asked.
Special Assistant Xu confirmed: "Yes, this is what the Second Young Master said. He is trying his best to recommend Nie Chenxiao as a candidate."
He had run a lot of trips for Chen Qizhao in the past few days, and had dealt with Nie Chenxiao a lot, so he had some understanding of "The Mind's Eye". Honestly speaking, from an outsider's perspective, the production team of "The Mind's Eyes" is good, and the script is very novel, but it is really hard to say about the audience. No one can give a definite answer to the future, so when Chen Qizhao asked him whether he wanted to bet, he honestly said that he didn't have the courage and really didn't dare to bet.
But after he finished speaking, the boss was silent for a long time.
When Assistant Xu thought the other party would hang up the phone, Chen Shiming spoke again: "Collate all the information about "The Heart's Eye" and Nie Chenxiao and send it to the professional team for evaluation."
Special Assistant Xu was stunned for a moment, "I have all the information here."
Chen Qizhao had asked him to sort out all of this before. In fact, among all the candidates, Nie Chenxiao had the most comprehensive information.
Even this person has just received a huge penalty for breach of contract and will terminate the contract with the original company and become a completely free person.
Chen Shiming was a little surprised. "Okay, give me a result after the evaluation."
He added: "He knows about Yicheng, right? Pay more attention to him. There is no need to confront Yicheng before the matter becomes clear."
Special Assistant Xu smiled bitterly when he heard this: "Boss, this may be a little difficult."
Chen Shiming frowned slightly, "What?"
Special Assistant Xu told Chen Shiming what he had heard from other people in the Propaganda Department, "Second Young Master seemed very angry. He said that if Yicheng took away the spokesperson, he would use Nie Chenxiao to slap them in the face."
Chen Shiming recalled what Assistant Xu had just said and his "useless" brother, and raised his lips slightly, "Really?"
Everyone else in the office looked at their boss cautiously. Chen Shiming seldom smiled, let alone in a situation like this.
After a while, he hung up the phone with Special Assistant Xu, and the office suddenly became quiet.
However, this time the silence only lasted for a minute or two. Chen Shiming suddenly said to everyone, "All public relations departments other than those for non-key projects should be vacated. From now on, pay attention to all negative news about "The Heart's Eye" and Nie Chenxiao. Pay special attention to other people's actions. If anyone appears to muddy the waters, stop them immediately."
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The people in Feihong's Publicity Department drafted a new contract, but they were still waiting for notification from the headquarters. Unexpectedly, half a day later, Special Assistant Xu from the headquarters also agreed with Chen Ershao's reckless decision, and conveyed the meaning of letting Chen Qizhao take full responsibility. He also agreed to sign Nie Chenxiao as the spokesperson for the Feihong Rongguang series at this stage.
Even the crown prince Chen Shiming agreed to this. It seems that the group really wants to hand over the Rongguang project to the second young master to practice, and does not care about the consequences of this matter at all.
A young assistant asked, "Boss, what should we do here? Should we still call her Queen Liu?"
"What's Liu Diva?" The person in charge sighed, "The contract has been drafted, right? Inform Nie Chenxiao's agent and ask about their arrangements and schedule first. If there is no problem, report to Mr. Chen and then sign it."
Having said that, when Nie Chenxiao was actually contacted, the other party agreed very readily and was even willing to cooperate with Feihong's publicity.
The person in charge couldn't describe his feelings. If he said he was happy, it meant he had met a responsible spokesperson. But if he said he was sad, it would depend on fate for this spokesperson to become popular.
Feihong acted quickly. After finalizing the matter, he immediately called Nie Chenxiao to Feihong to sign the contract, apparently worried that he would not be able to catch up with the subsequent promotion schedule.
Nie Chenxiao had just signed a contract with Chen Qizhao not long ago and was originally unemployed at home. Who would have thought that a big pie would fall into his hands right after he signed the contract. Before arriving at Feihong's headquarters, he and his agent were still in a daze, wondering if Chen Qizhao really didn't want to support him. This kind of promise really made people excited.
Sitting in the conference room, the agent said to the worried-looking Feihong manager, "The details of the contract are here. Do you have any other questions?"
Nie Chenxiao took a look and found that the contract was a general contract in the industry and the endorsement fee was also in line with his previous remuneration.
But he didn't expect such a good endorsement contract. Why would it be offered to him?
The agent repeatedly confirmed that there was no problem, then said, "Just sign it. Maybe this is the promotional channel that Mr. Chen mentioned for you?"
Nie Chenxiao had no choice but to sign, but he was thinking that he would have the chance to repay this kindness in the future. Chen Qizhao really gave him too many opportunities.
After signing, he asked, "Didn't Mr. Chen come to the company today?"
The person in charge smiled awkwardly: "Mr. Chen went to military training today."
Nie Chenxiao: “?”
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