Magic City, Airport

Yang Tianzhen led the team personally, watching the passengers coming and going, until he saw several figures in the VIP channel. A bright smile appeared on his fat face, and he quickly walked up to them.

"Welcome back, little deer."

"Mr. Yang, thank you for your help."

The person who spoke was a young man with dyed white hair, handsome features, and wearing a mask. It was Lu Han who had just returned to China.

As a member of the popular Korean boy band EXO and one of only four Chinese members, Lu Han not only appears in Korea, but also has a considerable influence in China and has a large number of fans. He can be said to be a potential top star.

Domestic entertainment companies have long been eyeing these Chinese members of EXO and have had contact with them.

Blue Whale and Coral Entertainment were naturally no exception. They had long since decided on Lu Han as their first choice, and Yang Tianzhen even flew to South Korea several times in person for negotiations.

After a series of contacts and arrangements, the results were remarkable and Lu Han finally joined Coral Entertainment.

In May, EXO's first Chinese member, Moufan, announced the termination of his contract with the company and returned to China to develop his career.

As soon as he returned to China, he became the male lead in the new movie directed by Xu Cainü. Later, I heard that he was also spotted by director Guan and was expected to star in "Old Cannon" starring Feng Kuazi.

In fact, we can see from these two movies that the capital behind Moufan comes from the Beijing circle.

At this stage, this guy has not yet gained popularity. He does not have enough connections and resources. He has just entered the Beijing circle. Once he becomes a top star, he will receive continuous support.

If Wei Yang remembered correctly, the capital behind Moufan in the later period included Beijing Media Investment and Huayi Group, and Brother Cheng Long was also a key figure.

In addition, Moufan is closely tied to iQiyi, and later began to contact Penguin. In addition to endorsements from major high-end luxury and business brands, his personal capital alone is more than 1 billion.

But no matter what Moufan's future holds, his entry into the Beijing circle has more or less helped Coral Entertainment.

Lu Han is a native of Beijing and actually prefers to develop in Beijing.

But resources are limited. Mou Fan has already taken the lead, and there is fierce competition within the Beijing circle. Lu Han has a shallow foundation in the country, so he has to make a careful choice.

At this time, Coral Entertainment, on behalf of Blue Whale and the increasingly powerful Shanghai circle, extended an olive branch, causing Lu Han to begin to favor it.

Finally, in October, Lu Han was temporarily released and officially returned to China to develop his career, citing the reasons that his former company could not provide future development plans and that his body became ill due to high-intensity work and pressure.

Of course, this is only a stopgap measure, and the contract still needs to be slowly resolved. However, Lu Han has returned to China, so everything else is not a problem. It’s just a matter of negotiating for more compensation.

Compared with those prices, Lu Han is the most valuable talent, and can even be described as a treasure pot.

Yang Tianzhen is very satisfied with this new general! Da Mimi has left, Tang Yan is hit hard by Zhao Liying, and although Zhang Ruoyun is popular, she has little foundation and cannot support the team alone.

If Coral Entertainment wants to maintain its position or even move to a higher level, it needs to create new star ace, and the shorter the time, the better.

There is no doubt that this young man, who has excellent qualities in all aspects, meets her needs very well.

"This is not the place to talk. Let's go first and I'll show you where we live."

Yang Tianzhen didn't say much and led his people away directly.

Lu Han had just returned to China, and was in Shanghai, a city where he was unfamiliar with the place, so naturally he needed the company's help in preparing many things.

After a while, Yang Tianzhen brought Lu Han to a house. The area was not big, less than 300 square meters, with four bedrooms and two living rooms. The decoration was warm and most importantly, convenient.

This is a high-end hotel-style residence with complete supporting services. Yang Tianzhen even found a special butler team for it. It is most suitable for people like Lu Han who have just arrived in Shanghai and are busy with work. He doesn't have to worry about trivial matters. If he needs any service, he can just tell the butler.

"You can take a look around. If you are not satisfied, we can change. There is not much else in Shanghai, but this house is definitely enough."

"No, it's very good, better than I thought."

Lu Han shook his head. He was speaking sincerely. Although he was quite famous now, his income was not particularly high.

One is that EXO has only been popular for two years, having debuted in 2012. Naturally, the benefits are limited due to the short time.

Another reason is that they are trainees, and Korean companies are quite strict about profit sharing. They have to share the remaining profits among more than a dozen people. Even if they make a lot of money, it is easy to imagine how much they will get in the end with such a thin share.

Mou Fan and Lu Han were both in the rising stage of development in South Korea, but they resolutely returned to China for development, even at the cost of breaking up with their former employers, which actually involved considerable risks.

On the one hand, domestic companies offer more temptations and better prospects. On the other hand, there are indeed conflicts with Korean companies, and a lot of dissatisfaction has accumulated.

In South Korea, Lu Han lives in a pretty good place. After all, he is a member of a popular boy band, so he doesn't have to squeeze into an apartment with a few people.

But there was no such luxury as this one, and from this point of view, Lu Han felt that his decision to return home was a good idea.

After settling down, Lu Han did not stay in his residence for long, but went to the company instead. Yang Tianzhen did not stop him and took him to visit Coral Entertainment.

Although Coral Entertainment is a pure artist agency, its scale is not small.

The artist team alone is not a small number, and there are also many departments such as publicity, public relations, advertising, performing arts, training, logistics, etc., with a total of no less than 300 staff members, and the office area occupies an entire floor.

This also surprised Lu Han a little. You know, EXO's parent company SM only has a few hundred employees.

Although Coral Entertainment is also ranked among the best in China, in his impression, it is just a subsidiary of Blue Whale. He did not expect it to be so grand.

Yang Tianzhen saw Lu Han’s shock and felt secretly proud.

When it comes to newly-appointed generals, it is important to win their respect, but it is also essential to give them the necessary warnings.

This was something she learned from Boss Wei. In management, the right approach is often to use a combination of kindness and severity, especially when it came to regaining Lu Han, which was not always smooth sailing.

Coral Entertainment was the first group to contact EXO members. Moufan returned to China in May, but Luhan waited until October. There were many disagreements during this period, which delayed the negotiations.

Not to mention that Lu Han himself wanted to develop in the capital, there was another point: the two sides were in a stalemate for a while.

That is, Lu Han relies on his popularity and wants to gain more independence and autonomy, and even form a cooperative relationship like Da Mimi before.

This is obviously unacceptable to Coral Entertainment. Lu Han is quite popular in China now, but he is far less popular than Da Mimi was at that time.

At least the latter can support a mainstream project, while Lu Han has not yet proven himself in the country.

Not to mention that Da Mimi's popularity and fame are all-round, while Lu Han's main audience is fans and teenagers. Even if the latter has higher commercial value, it is not enough to make Coral Entertainment give in to this extent.

Besides, Coral Entertainment signed Lu Han just to make money. How could they spend so much effort to train him and then let him run away?

Besides making money, how can Da Mimi accompany Boss Wei to sleep, or even have a threesome? Can he accompany her? Even if he can, Boss Wei won't do it!

To put it bluntly, Boss Wei wants someone to be his tool to make money, not a stepping stone for others to become famous.

You can be famous and make money, but the prerequisite is that Boss Wei must make more money.

Although Lu Han was somewhat confident, he was still far behind the giant Blue Whale, so the negotiation ended with Lu Han's side compromising.

But Yang Tianzhen was still a little worried, so he deliberately flexed his muscles to shock Lu Han and make him obey his orders.

It was not easy for Yang Tianzhen to be the CEO of Coral before. At least she could not give full command to the most famous artist, Tangmei.

Fortunately, now that Da Mimi is gone, Tang Yan is relatively easier to talk to, and Yang Tianzhen has also made certain achievements. Her power within Shanhu is growing day by day, so she can't stand anyone challenging her, so she hopes to suppress Lu Han.

It is enough for Coral Entertainment to have only one Tang Yan, and all other artists must obey her orders.

Therefore, this time Yang Tianzhen intended to show the strength of the Blue Whale, which could not only serve as a warning, but also make Lu Han more confident and boost morale.

"At present, our company already has more than 20 artists, including some top-tier and popular second-tier artists, as well as many new generation talents. The boss has personally said that we will focus on supporting those of you born in the 1990s in the future..."

Talented people emerge in every generation, and the new generation is better than the old one!

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This sentence is particularly important in the entertainment industry. The rise of Blue Whale and Coral Entertainment is largely due to the fact that they seized the huge bonus of post-80s artists, especially the 85 flowers, which enabled them to dominate the field of artist management.

Wei Yang, who has tasted the sweetness, will naturally not give up the next wave of benefits.

Blue Whale will focus more on film and television production in the future. In addition, since it already has the two ace cards of Xinjiang Province's two beauties born in the 1990s, the task of developing and training post-90s artists was given to Yang Tianzhen. This is also Coral's key strategy in the future.

Right now, Yang Tianzhen has signed several new people, both male and female, but the one he values ​​the most is Lu Han.

His popularity base can maximize the utilization of Coral Entertainment's resources and make him a super star in a short period of time.

Yang Tianzhen really hopes for development. Not only will the company have another treasure trove, but it will also be a major achievement in supporting a new generation of talents. It will be a good explanation to Boss Wei and will also allow the outside world to see the prospects of Coral Entertainment.

Wei Yang opposed Blue Whale's listing, but never said that Coral Entertainment could not be listed.

If the development goes smoothly and is in line with the interests, Boss Wei would not mind operating Coral Entertainment to go public and make money.

Anyway, Blue Whale owns shares in Coral Entertainment, which will not affect the cooperation between the two parties. Moreover, by selling some shares when it goes public, it can also tie up the leading artists.

Huayi and many other companies have proven that celebrity shareholders are very beneficial to the stock market, especially during the peak period of the traffic era.

Coral is going public!? This is a great temptation for Yang Tianzhen, who owns Coral Entertainment shares, so she is particularly active in developing the company.

But it’s too far to talk about these things now, so Yang Tianzhen just mentioned them briefly and focused more on introducing the company.

"There are no outsiders here. I have also made it clear that you understand the relationship between our company and Blue Whale. With this big tree as our back, we won't have to worry about film and television resources."

"And it's not just Blue Whale. Many other film and television companies, such as Tangren, Emerald Shrimp, and Shangshi, also have strategic partnerships with us. To put it bluntly, we are qualified to share in the high-quality projects of these companies."

"Besides that, I guess you also know that the boss has now acquired a video website, and it is currently developing very well."

"Once the boss completes the resource platformization, with PPTV as the center, the resources and channels we can access will be unimaginable. By then, there will be so many resources that we may not even have enough people in our company."

“…”

Yang Tianzhen smiled happily. Joining Boss Wei was definitely her wisest decision. Lu Han's eyes also lit up.

Don't be fooled by his young appearance, he is actually quite business-savvy. In his previous life, he participated in a lot of business investments and became worth a considerable amount of money.

He knows very well what it means to own a big platform, a real giant.

It’s a very simple point. As mentioned before, except for a few companies with capital like Blue Whale, the projects will not have trouble finding sellers, so they can shoot the drama first and then sell the products.

Most other crews actually start looking for sellers at the beginning of preparation, and even start filming after the sellers give their approval.

Otherwise, if the drama is finished but cannot be sold, all the money will be lost, and small companies and independent producers may even go bankrupt.

Therefore, having a strong platform not only allows direct communication with countless crews, but also allows direct interference in specific matters.

For example, if there is a costume drama, the producer takes the script and project to PPTV. PPTV thinks it is good and can pre-order it, and even continue to provide some financial and resource support, but one of the conditions is that the protagonist is an employee of Coral Entertainment.

Do you think the film company agrees?

If you are the protagonist of a Chinese entertainment article, of course you can directly fight back, or even turn around and find another platform, become famous and famous, and get slapped in the face, but the reality is that the film producers will basically choose to compromise.

There is competition and collusion between platforms. If they really set their sights on your project, they can find a way to reach a tacit understanding with several other platforms and make you agree.

It is conceivable that if most of the crews that come to PPTV for cooperation are assigned a few roles in this way, coupled with its own channels, the number of artists that Coral Entertainment has is really not enough.

This is just the basic operation. If the platform is really strong enough, there will be more tricks that can be used.

During their peak period in later generations, several major video websites jointly monopolized the variety show and TV drama market, and most of the entertainment industry had to look to them for favors.

Coral Entertainment is backed by PPTV and can be said to be a direct subsidiary. Compared with other artists, it has a huge advantage.

Just based on this point, Lu Han was excited, not to mention that Yang Tianzhen also introduced him to the music, fashion, and business resources developed by Coral Entertainment in the past two years.

Compared with the brilliant and splendid film and television resources, these aspects are inevitably a bit "mediocre", but they are also better than Lu Han imagined.

Only then did he realize that he had really underestimated the power of the big boss who had built countless businesses in just a few years, and that signing with Blue Whale was the right decision.

Lu Han is also ambitious!

Especially when compared with a teammate named Fan in the Beijing circle, he is unwilling to bow to that scum.

Looking at Lu Han with shining eyes, Yang Tianzhen knew that his goal had been achieved and felt particularly happy.

The boss has too many actresses in the industry, the market has been completely sold out and the competition is too fierce, but there is still a blue ocean for young male stars.

She had already achieved a lot with Zhang Ruoyun before. Now that she has Lu Han and two top male stars, it’s time for Yang Tianzhen to be proud of herself…

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ps: The temperature in Shandong has dropped sharply in the past few days. I am not feeling well. Several people in my family are also sick. There are many things to do. So the updates may not be stable, but they should not be interrupted. I will resume as soon as possible. I hope everyone will forgive me.

(End of this chapter)