Chapter 156
"What does the boss want to ask you for?" The person in charge of other groups met Lin Jie in the corridor and asked curiously.
Lin Jie just said, "It's a confidential project of the company."
"I understand."
Random Entertainment has too many confidential projects. In order to prevent the leakage of planning content again, except for the project-related personnel, no one else is allowed to participate, and naturally they have no right to know.
For example, most people in the company only knew about this song promotion program in the past two months, but the project had already started planning half a year ago. What
they are preventing is that "the wolf is coming" appears too many times, and the public has no sense of surprise.
After Lin Jie came out of Jiang Juyu's office, she did not return to the team's office area, but went into a conference room, called several staff members in, and contacted several people from the performance department and the variety show department.
At this time, Jiang Juyu was lying on her office chair. The sun climbed on the floor-to-ceiling windows and swept in some light through the blinds.
Jiang Juyu briefly enjoyed this leisure time, ignoring the documents on the table, but stepped on the light and shadow on the ground with her feet.
Suddenly, she remembered something, stood up and pressed the answer button of the landline.
There were four girls sitting in the office area outside, busy with something, and the landline in front of one of them suddenly rang.
"Hello, Jiang Zhi." She answered the phone.
Jiang Juyou's voice came from the other end of the phone, "What are your plans for the afternoon?"
"Well... there's a movie screening in the afternoon at four o'clock, and Sister Chen Xi said she will come after you finish the screening." She held the phone and searched for Jiang Juyou's afternoon schedule.
Jiang Juyou sighed, "Forget it... OK, got it, thank you."
Jiang Juyou, who originally wanted to skip work, held her forehead and hung up the phone, and even dialed her scattered hair, "It's a rare opportunity to take a break."
She lay back and said to Cong Lixia, "I'll sleep for a while, wake me up when it's time."
"Okay."
Cong Lixia had memorized the time, but when she was already lying down, Jiang Juyou suddenly sat up again.
Cong Lixia was so scared that she checked whether the time had jumped.
"I'm just a hard worker!" Jiang Juyou lifted the blanket covering her legs. She stood up, fixed her hair, then picked up her phone and walked out.
After being with her for such a long time, Cong Lixia already understood what her every move meant.
"Going to the show?" Cong Lixia asked.
Jiang Juyou, who was putting on her coat, smiled and said, "You know me too well."
The camel-colored coat covered her entire body, and the soft color soothed her shyness.
Jiang Juyou adjusted her collar and said, "Maybe I can only really rest when the pause button is pressed."
Just like when she was a child.
There are several groups of artists scheduled to pre-record shoots today, and Jiang Juyou is worried and wants to go and take a look.
When the show just started, the content was basically the same. After all, it was to promote songs and the stage, and the only changes were the makeup and the stage setting.
This episode only added one or two new faces to the lineup of the previous episode, one of which was AIcho, and the other was a solo singer.
They were not scheduled for today's pre-recording, but Jiang Juyou still wanted to go down and take a look.
Just like she complained, it was a life of hard work.
At this time, the fans had not entered the venue yet, and the few people standing on the stage were testing the microphones and confirming the camera positions.
Jiang Juyou stood behind a group of staff and did not disturb anyone.
She was also familiar with the seven boys on the stage. They were early trainees of Random Entertainment and had participated in the filming of "Youth Excitement 21 Times". Two of them even made it into the top 20 and participated in the recording of "Time Train Countdown".
The stage was different from their first recording. This time, there were a few more sets and props, and the costumes were much better than before. Even the hair color had changed. Two of them dyed their hair a new color, one blue and the other platinum.
It was obvious how much they wanted to leave an impression on the audience.
"Remember to look at the camera when you swing your arm over."
"Don't block the cameraman on the stage when other people move."
"Everyone, take note of your camera."
The staff member was holding a microphone and reminding them. The seven people on the stage stood in a row, holding hands and hunching their shoulders, looking cautious. "Okay, I remember."
Seeing the staff member walk away with an unhappy look, she knew that this was just a reminder, but they were wrong again.
Jiang Jie, who was standing on the back stand, took in everything in the backstage.
The girls standing next to the stage were wearing hoodies and down vests. They looked familiar to her, but they didn't have the professional aura they had at the time.
Several people bowed and nodded to the assistant director and the cameraman, saying sorry.
The assistant director was cursing, and the words were clear to hear.
"No - if you change your hair color, you should tell us in advance, or send us the dance video!"
"Changing the music and the movement, do you think hundreds of people on the show have nothing to do but wait for you?"
The assistant director was angry, and others did not dare to make any big movements, for fear that the noise would be too loud and attract attention, and then they would be scolded.
Other staff members moved props and equipment very carefully, for fear that the assistant director would turn around and look at them.
Just from the few curses below, Jiang Juyu could roughly guess what happened.
They changed the prelude of the song and added a dance break, but they did not communicate with the program in advance, nor did they send the dance movement video to the program team. As a result, the cut-shot rhythm and camera movement arranged by the program do not match theirs.
Li Yao and the others knew that the mistake was theirs, and there was nothing to explain. They could only apologize over and over again.
"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry!" Li Yao bowed and looked in the direction of the stage, "That's it, we can record it later, and please teachers redo the camera movement and sequence. I'm really sorry!"
"I'm really sorry, we will definitely pay attention! This time it's our fault, I'm very sorry!" Zhao Xu also apologized to the assistant director.
The assistant director was obviously still angry, "What's the point of you apologizing now? Forget it, I won't say it anymore!"
He was too lazy to talk to this group of people. He threw the manuscript in his hand to the ground and turned away. His clothes made a sound when they were pulled by his arms, and even his steps made a bang, which frightened the surrounding staff so much that they froze in place.
The most frightened ones were the seven people on the stage. They felt like they were being roasted on a grill, except that they were being roasted by the spotlight.
Yang Siyu, who was below, comforted Li Yao, wiped her tears, and looked up at the stage, calling them to come down.
"You two wear your name tags and go record a new dance video first. Luo Man, you go with them. There's a big lounge at the end of the corridor. You can go there to shoot. They know the place." Yang Siyu patted Li Yao, suppressing her exhaustion and trying her best to control the situation.
She turned to Li Yao and said, "It has already happened. It's useless to blame yourself now. Okay, don't cry. We'll shoot it later."
"I'm also wrong. It's all my fault that the music and dance were released too late and the schedule was too tight."
"Okay, ladies, crying gives me a headache. Stop crying."
As soon as she turned her head, Yang Siyu met Jiang Juyu's eyes on the stands.
She stood by the railing, wearing a coat, with her hands in her pockets, just looking at the audience. Because it was dark, it was difficult to see the expression on her face, and even her person, but Yang Siyu knew that it was Jiang Juyu.
The deafening music sounded over and over again. Several stages without any scenery were arranged together for rehearsal. Basically, they danced two or three times, checked the camera and passed it. The rest would wait for the official recording later.
Jiang Juyu sat on a chair in the stands, crossed her legs, and checked her phone to see some messages in the project group.
"Here."
Suddenly someone stood next to her and handed her a cup of coffee. Jiang Juyu stopped what she was doing and looked over.
It was Yang Siyu.
Jiang Juyou was also stunned for a moment, and didn't react for a while. Yang Siyu put the coffee on the empty chair, and she sat in another empty seat.
"Thank you." Jiang Juyou picked up the coffee from the chair, and her cold fingertips were warmed.
No one spoke, and the two were silent for a while, leaving only the noisy music from the audience.
The old-fashioned arrangement, the unchanging rhythm, and the difficult lyrics made the song not so pleasing to the ears.
After the music in the audience ended, Yang Siyu spoke, "...this song is probably not your type."
Jiang Juyou looked away from her phone and glanced down, "Indeed." She took a hot cup of coffee and glanced at Yang Siyu, "Your songs are pretty good."
Yang Siyu, who was sitting there, smiled, "You brought us here."
Seeing her smile, Jiang Juyou also smiled.
After laughing, the place became quiet again, and the backstage was sensible and stopped playing music, which made the silence even more awkward.
When Random Entertainment was first established, Yang Siyu and the others were all from the A&R department, specializing in album planning and song selection.
At first, they had their own musical orientation, but later they all leaned towards Jiang Juyou's orientation.
Jiang Jueyou's style has very obvious characteristics, with a unique and catchy beginning, a chorus in the chorus, and a melody with ups and downs in emotions.
To see how popular her style is, you can see the performance of those groups now. Not only the artists of Random Entertainment's groups are popular, but also the albums are equally popular. Some songs are even more famous than the groups.
Cyberpunk elements are popular this year, and the theme songs of those programs of Random Entertainment have become popular again. You can hear them every day when you watch videos these days.
As early as when they were still in Random Entertainment, the style had already leaned towards Jiang Jueyou's taste.
They were completely unaware of this when they were making their own group. When the album was completed and the MV was shot, they suddenly realized it when they saw the results.
This is completely Jiang's style.
It was for this reason that their group received a little attention after the show aired last week thanks to their good opening position, and at least their songs made it to the charts. It was
quiet again here, and Jiang Juyou was thinking about topics to talk about. Just as she was about to open her mouth, Yang Siyu next to her said -
"I'm sorry."
The sounds of props being moved and loud conductors off the stage were blocked out at this moment. Jiang Juyou looked at Yang Siyu, not understanding why she suddenly apologized.
Yang Siyu, who had not dared to look at Jiang Juyou, turned around and said frankly, "I was quite confident when I just left the company. I thought you were wrong. In the entertainment industry, which is a capital circle, you are too philanthropic to be fair."
She sneered at herself, "After we built our own company, we realized how wrong I was at that time. Now thinking back, my confident face must have been very disgusting."
Yang Siyu looked at Jiang Juyou, "So I always owe you an apology."
At that time, someone in the company said that she was eager to prove herself, but she was still dismissive, thinking that everyone was drunk and she was the only one sober.
Only after I opened my own company could I put myself in the shoes of Jiang Zhi at that time.
It was not a regular talent show, but a competition among trainees within the company.
Unlike those trainee talent shows outside that carry the glory and reputation of the company, the show she took over, whether it was the popular trainees or the trainees at the end, were all cultivated by the company with a lot of time and financial resources. Just
like Jiang Juyou questioned her at the time, how hard do those trainees who don’t get the camera have to work to be noticed? Are they not noticed because they don’t work hard enough?
Now they are in the same situation as those trainees at the end. No matter how good their strength is, it’s useless because they don’t have resources, so they can’t be seen.
Only then did she understand the helplessness of those trainees.
They were noticed at this time thanks to Jiang Jieyu’s fairness. The "fairness" that she once sneered at saved them.
Jiang Juyou just smiled when she heard her apology, "Then I'll accept it."
This matter was long over for her.
She didn't want to say too much about this, but looked at Yang Siyu and changed the subject, "What happened there just now?"
Yang Siyu breathed a sigh of relief, "... Oh, don't mention it. We thought it would be boring to come here every week and perform the same thing every week. We thought we could spend some time on the arrangement or dance break, but we were so busy practicing the new arrangement that we forgot to send the video of the movement to the program team."
"None of the six of us remembered it." Yang Siyu patted his head, and it was still a headache to think about it now.
"Is it handled now? If not, I'll tell the director?" Jiang Juyou asked her.
Yang Siyu didn't want to trouble Jiang Juyou, so he just said, "It's been resolved. I just apologized to the assistant director. This matter is really our fault. We haven't slept these days and forgot about it."
Sitting in this theater, next to the old people of the company, Jiang Juyou couldn't help but think of the time when Random Entertainment was just established.
She looked up at the ceiling, "Gail Xi has been renovated many times, but this ceiling has never changed."
Jiang Juyu looked back at the seat where they were sitting, "Do you remember that we sat here during the first end-of-month evaluation?"
"Well... at that time, we both felt that Yao Shuo was not simple, and he really made his debut later." Yang Siyu was also brought into the memory.
When talking about the end-of-month evaluation, Yang Siyu would think of the first performance she watched when she transformed from a star chaser to an insider. By their current standards, those kids at that time were indeed a little immature.
But the impression left was also very deep, and it was an emotion that they would never forget no matter what.
Jiang Juyou also sighed, "As people get older, they love to reminisce about the past."
This is just like chasing stars. The first ones are always the most memorable.
Jiang Juyou occasionally misses the first random entertainment. Everyone was crowded together in the backstage of this venue. There were only five or six staff members at the beginning, and there were so many later that there was no room for them.
When I was chatting with Lin Jie just now, I also mentioned random entertainment. It is like a child raised by Jiang Juyou. From the ignorant childhood to the chaotic adolescence, random entertainment has now entered the society, gradually climbing up, becoming stronger, and having its own resources and connections.
As if she had made a decision, Jiang Juyou took a sip of hot coffee, then stood up and said, "Okay, I accept your apology, and you should hurry up and get busy."
"Are you rushing people now?" Yang Siyu looked up at her.
"Yes, hurry up."
"I was right to resign!"
The two of them joked again, just like the few days when Yang Siyu finished the handover work, laughing and joking.
The difference is that this time there is no barrier.
After seeing Yang Siyu off, Jiang Juyou went downstairs to meet with the director and asked him about his future plans.
Because Timetrain will officially release a song next week, she has to take care of her own promotional stage and come to "Idol New Museum" to promote the song. She may not be able to cope with the energy, so she may not come so often, hoping that the director will give more consideration to the lineup of future performances.
This matter is not her responsibility, but since it has come to this point, Jiang Juyou negotiated with the director on behalf of Lin Jie.
At this time, Lin Jie was already busy with meetings. She had hardly left the meeting room since she entered the company in the morning. This closed space has made her a little suffocated.
"Stop for a while and take a break." Lin Jie rubbed her temples and lay on the table without image.
Everyone present was an acquaintance, all of whom usually followed Jiang Zhi to think about plans and solutions. It was the same when they had meetings with Jiang Zhi, sitting for a whole day.
The others were also lying there with their arms and
legs spread out. "I give up. Are you possessed by the boss?" The man sitting in the corner seemed to have been drained of his energy and was a little listless.
He had just been brainstorming for an hour, and all the plans he proposed were rejected by Lin Jie.
Lin Jie didn't even look at her, but just raised a few fingers, "You would do the same if the boss gave you the task."
"So what is the task? You won't tell me!"
"It's a secret!"
"Good afternoon."
"Have you eaten?"
"Hey! Sister Cheng!"
People came into the viewing room one after another. While the door was open and the lights were on, everyone exchanged a few polite words with each other.
Jiang Juyu stayed downstairs for a while and came in relatively late. When the door was opened, everyone looked over.
"Sorry, I was delayed downstairs for a while." Jiang Juyou handed the coat on her arm to the assistant, and then said hello to the few people inside.
Seeing Jiang Juyou coming in, the door was closed again, and the others sat down.
She was arranged to sit on the sofa in the middle, next to the director and Cheng Yuan. After sitting down, she exchanged a few words with the director.
Jiang Tang, who was sitting in the front, turned around quietly, looked at Jiang Jie again, and smiled secretly.
At this time, the familiar opening sound sounded, and the dragon logo appeared on the screen.
"This is the final theater version, right?" Jiang Juyou asked the assistant next to her in a low voice.
"Yes." The assistant also imitated Jiang Juyou and answered in a whisper.
Everyone in the viewing room was also seated, ready to start watching the movie.
The impression of the public about Random Entertainment is that it is good at production. In terms of idol groups and novel peripherals, at most it can be called Random i.
However, few people know that the movies with good reputation and box office in recent years were also invested by Random Entertainment.
The production teams signed by itself have not produced any good movies, but the performance of the few invested ones is very good.
When everyone is still paying attention to the jokes of idol groups, Random Entertainment has already monopolized the entertainment industry.
It can even be said that as long as Random Entertainment wants, it can insert idols into movies, give them some small roles, and let them get some fame from the movies.
However, the film and television department of Random Entertainment is relatively independent, and Cheng Yuan is in charge of most of the work. Jiang Juyou occasionally goes to take a look and serves as a producer for some movies, but does not interfere in the rest of the time.
This is why the image of Random Film and Television and Random Entertainment is relatively split.
Only those who enter the cinema can notice the logo of Random Film and Television.
What Jiang Juyou has to do next is to integrate the "raised" Random Film and Television with Random Entertainment and reshape the image of Random Entertainment in the minds of the public.
Everyone was watching the movie quietly. Jiang Juyou also blocked out distractions and immersed herself in the story.
After watching the movie, Jiang Juyou also gained confidence in her plan.
The box office is not guaranteed, but the word of mouth should be fine. This kind of unconventional plot twist is popular with the public.
"Sister Cheng Yuan, let's have dinner together later." After Jiang Juyou finished chatting with others, she saw Cheng Yuan was about to leave and asked her to stay.
Cheng Yuan, who was walking to the door with his bag, turned around and said, "...Okay, then salad, I'm losing weight recently."
"Sister, do you want to come too?" Jiang Juyou stopped Jiang Tang who was about to leave.
Jiang Tang was stunned, her eyes rolled twice, "... me?"
The two of them were sisters and had not made it public. They didn't have much contact in the company. When she suddenly called her, Jiang Tang thought Jiang Jueyou had slipped her tongue.
"Well, sister Chen Xi asked me to ask if you have any idea of cooperating with her." Jiang Jueyou was talking about work.
She picked up her phone and took a look. Chen Xi had sent her a message. At this time, she was already sitting in her office.
Jiang Jueyou raised her head and said to the two people, "Let's make a deal first. Order takeout and eat in my office."
"Jiang Jueyou, you are so stingy!" Cheng Yuan was amused.
Jiang Tang couldn't help but nod her head. She didn't know why she got millions of dividends a year. Every day was so dull.
She whispered, "That's it!"
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Jiang Tang: If you don't want to spend it, give it to me.
There will be another update of 6,000 words before 12 o'clock to make up for what I owed in the past two days!