The two women had just ended their call when Zhang Xincheng returned to report.
First, he reported that the plan had been a great success, and then he mentioned that Zhaoyang's influence in the music industry was growing day by day.
After the release of the three songs from this movie, the number of fans surged again.
Bian Ling'er, in particular, who sang "The Wind Rises," has already begun to establish herself in the US market.
The main reason is that this song resonates so much that many American singers have approached Sunset, wanting to acquire the cover rights and record it in English.
"Zhaoyang, I'm giving you a month and a half off. You can go back to China anytime before the Chinese New Year, or you can spend the New Year in the United States if you want."
Zhang Shulan had wanted to give Zhaoyang a break for a long time.
He releases new songs one after another, maintaining high efficiency while ensuring quality.
After nearly half a year of this, it's time to take a proper vacation and rest.
Zhang Shulan smiled and said, "If you want to go on a trip, that's fine too. I'll arrange a little assistant for you to help plan your travel itinerary."
Li Zhaoyang smiled wryly: "Director, no need, I don't particularly like traveling."
When I'm broke, I really want to travel, but when I have money, I don't have the energy to travel. It's strange.
It feels like a holiday.
When I'm not on holiday, I wake up around 7 a.m., feel tired because I have to go to work at 8 a.m., and want to sleep for a while.
Once I'm on vacation, I wake up around 7 a.m. and then I can't fall back asleep; I'm more energetic than anyone else.
This strange phenomenon is found all over the world.
“It’s okay if you don’t go on a trip, but we still need to arrange an assistant for you.” Zhang Shulan felt it was necessary to hire an assistant for Zhaoyang.
He has too many works under his name, and now more and more companies are coming to acquire the copyrights for his cover songs. We can't let Zhaoyang handle these matters; we need to find a trustworthy assistant to manage them.
Then I will personally review it.
"Director, I think..."
Just as Li Zhaoyang was about to reveal his plans for his new film, Zhang Xincheng's arrival interrupted the atmosphere: "Director, Mr. Li from Starlight and Director Yang have arrived, and it's quite a big entourage."
"Okay, you make the arrangements. I'll go to the rest area with Zhaoyang to talk to them in a bit."
Zhang Shulan had anticipated Xingguang's purpose for this trip.
Yang Kai is credited as the assistant director for this film, and the male lead is also an artist from Starlight Pictures. It seems that Starlight Pictures is trying to establish a deeper cooperative relationship with Wanxia Films.
Ten minutes later, Zhang Shulan brought Zhaoyang to the rest area.
This time, it wasn't just Li Gui who came; Yang Kai and a middle-aged man with unfamiliar faces were also there.
"Director Zhang."
Li Gui stood up to shake hands; his attitude was exceptionally good, even better than the last time he came.
The last time I came here, it was just to establish a preliminary cooperative relationship with Sunset Glow, which was a joint effort to expand across the country.
But this time it's different.
Li Zhaoyang's movie was of such high quality, yet he was willing to let Yang Kai be credited. They at Starlight Entertainment should acknowledge this favor and repay it!
"No need to be so polite, please sit down." Zhang Shulan sat on the sofa and gestured for Zhaoyang to sit in the most prominent position, as he was the main character today.
"Director Zhang, let me introduce you. This is Director Yang Kai, whom you already know. This gentleman next to me is Guan Feng, the president of our Starlight Films."
Guan Feng stood up politely: "Director Zhang, I've heard so much about you."
Guan Feng had long wanted to meet Director Zhang.
Previously, I had only heard about Director Zhang's business strategies from Li Gui.
Zhang Shulan: "Let's be open and honest."
"Hahaha... Director Zhang is indeed very direct, I like it." Since everyone had guessed each other's intentions, Guan Feng had no qualms about revealing Starlight's plan: "We at Starlight want to establish a long-term cooperative relationship with Sunset, and our business cooperation can be completely bound together."
Business binding means that Starlight must share any orders with Sunset; Starlight can only give orders to others if Sunset doesn't want them.
Conversely, if the sunset has orders, it also has to share them with the starlight.
This kind of partnership has a business name: honeymoon company or couples company.
The two companies were like they were on a honeymoon, doing many business and projects together, without any distinction between "yours" and "mine".
Moreover, film and music companies can indeed establish such long-term cooperative relationships.
The board of directors at Starlight made this decision after careful consideration and entrusted President Guan Feng with full authority over the matter.
Zhang Shulan did not rush to answer, but instead made a thinking motion.
The branch manager had already entrusted her with handling this matter.
Moreover, Starlight is a trustworthy company, and establishing a long-term partnership will only be beneficial.
While she was thinking, Guan Feng, Li Gui, and Yang Kai waited patiently without disturbing her, occasionally taking a sip of their tea.
The rest area fell silent for five minutes before Zhang Shulan broke the silence: "Can we sign the contract today?"
Upon hearing this, Guan Feng was immediately delighted: "Of course we can. The sooner we finalize this, the better it will be for both of our companies."
Zhang Shulan stood up and shook hands: "President Guan, it's a pleasure to cooperate with you. From now on, our Sunset will have to rely on your starlight."
Guan Feng: "Director Zhang, what are you saying? It should be us, Xingguang, who rely on your Wanxia."
"Shall we schedule a time this afternoon to sign the contract?"
"How about three o'clock?"
"good."
"We'll see you off."
The cooperation between the two parties was quickly reached.
As expected, collaborations always go smoothly for those who come with sincerity.
It is only those with ill intentions who will find it difficult to achieve cooperation, and even if cooperation is achieved, many problems will arise afterward.
After the sunset faded away.
Guan Fengcai instructed, "Xiao Yang, I'm giving you a break for a while to get back into shape. After that, you'll go to the awards ceremony with Director Li."
Guan Feng had been observing Li Zhaoyang the whole time, and the other party hadn't said a word, but Guan Feng was very shocked.
It's hard to imagine that this young man created Truman, and that making movies is just a side job for him... his main profession is music.
Can you believe it?
"Thank you, Mr. Guan."
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