The five members of the band are gathering to discuss arrangements for the new album.
The door suddenly opened, and the agent rushed in holding a laptop.
"What's going on?" the lead singer asked. The manager's flustered look made him feel a little uneasy.
"Look, I just found a video. At the Hong Kong Olympics performance, an athlete sang a song." The manager put the notebook in the middle of the crowd and started playing a video. This is a clear video that the agent found with great difficulty.
"When I am different from the world, then let me be different. Perseverance for me means to overcome strength with strength."
"If I compromise myself, if I lie to myself, I won't be able to forgive even if others forgive me."
“…”
"How is this possible? The lyrics are actually the same!" the lead singer exclaimed. As the author of this song, he keeps every word of the lyrics firmly in his heart.
"And even the name is the same, also called 'Stubborn'." The agent said.
At this moment, a possibility flashed in the minds of everyone in the venue: the new album has been leaked!
"Has our new album been leaked?" the band's guitarist asked.
"It's impossible." The oldest drummer in the band said: "For this new album, we went to Japan specially, and selected ten of the twenty-seven original songs, and then produced them by a Japanese company. Currently The media has no idea about the progress of our album, let alone leaked it."
The drummer finished speaking and turned to the lead singer. This song was written by the lead singer only a few months ago, and several members of the band only heard this song after arriving in Japan. In other words, if it is leaked, then the author of this song, who is also the lead singer The biggest suspicion. However, as a member of a team, the drummer did not doubt the lead singer. They had been in the band for several years and were very close to each other. He knew the lead singer's personality and could not deliberately leak the new song.
The lead singer watched the video again and then said: "Listen carefully, the arrangement is different from ours."
Everyone listened carefully and found that the singer's singing tone and rhythm were the same as their works, except for the arrangement. Although some parts sounded the same, if they listened carefully, it was different from theirs.
For a song, the music is obviously the soul. If the arrangement is different, it also means that the song has a different soul. In the eyes of professional musicians, it cannot be regarded as the same song. For example, many cover singers have changed their singing methods, lyrics, English lyrics to Chinese lyrics, Cantonese lyrics to Mandarin lyrics, but as long as the song remains the same, it is considered a cover.
"This arrangement is very good, absolutely top-notch." The guitarist said.
The lead singer also nodded. In terms of style, this arrangement was obviously much more mature than his own. He could feel that the music contained deeper insights and experiences in life.
"The arrangement is great, top-notch." The lead singer frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "Arrangers of this level are better than us, so they shouldn't copy our stuff!"
"What should we do now?" the drummer asked.
The lead singer hesitated for a moment and then said, "Let's change the song. Anyway, there are still more than a dozen songs to choose from."
"But this song is the flagship song of our album, and it is also your hard work. Can you bear to give up?" The drummer continued: "And it's just the same lyrics, our arrangement is different from his."
"But there is essentially no difference!" The lead singer shook his head: "You should know the things that happened to me in the first half of this year. My grandma passed away, and some things about my family were also exposed by reporters. At that time I fell from heaven to hell. I felt as if the whole world had abandoned me and people all over the world were reviling me. I almost wanted to give up, but I knew that I couldn't give up and I wouldn't give up. So I wrote I heard that song, it is my heartfelt voice, my pursuit of music, and my persistence in my ideals.”
"If anyone else sings this song, I might stop it. I'm worried that they will blaspheme my music and my ideals." The lead singer paused, took a deep breath and continued: "But I can't be proud of it. Same, he is an Olympic champion, he broke the world record. I can understand that as a yellow man, he must have made hardships and pains, and experienced setbacks and failures to get to where he is today. What he sang was not only It is a song, but a persistence to an ideal. Each of us is on the road to pursuing our ideals. Perhaps on this road, he is more persistent and persistent than us, but no matter what, we and he will be stubborn. Keep going and won’t back down!”
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Manager Wang is the business manager of Nike Company who is mainly responsible for contacting the track and field line. Last winter, he went to Zhang Guan with people from the field management center, hoping to sign Zhang Guan as a spokesperson, but Zhang Guan refused. Entering the preparation stage for the Olympics, the Olympic athletes stopped all business activities, and the signing of Zhang Guan was also forgotten by him.
But just a dozen days ago, when the news that Zhang Guan broke the record and won the Olympic 100-meter championship came back to China, Manager Wang was immediately confused! As a Chinese, he was very happy that the 100-meter dash event could achieve such a big breakthrough, but at the same time, he also regretted that if he could have exerted a little more pressure or raised the price slightly, Zhang Guan might have signed the contract. Signing up a "world's number one flyer" with hundreds of thousands of dollars as a spokesperson is definitely a huge achievement. It is enough to impress President James and greatly increase the possibility of promotion and salary increase in the future!
But there is no use regretting now. He has received the latest instructions from President James, asking him to sign a contract with Zhang Guan as soon as possible. The company has received the news, and managers from several competitors have also been dispatched. They all hope to sign Zhang Guan as a spokesperson in order to increase their share of the domestic market.
So Manager Wang came to the Field Management Center. He didn't go to the center's leader in charge of athlete business operations, but to Director Sun. That was Director Sun who went to Zhang Guan to sign the contract last winter.
It is impossible for a leader to do everything by himself. He just needs to grasp the direction of the work and do a good job in decision-making. When it comes to handling specific matters, it is mainly the level of Director Sun who is responsible.
In the office, Director Sun was drinking tea and smoking the soft-packed cigarette that Manager Wang had just handed over. He crossed his legs and said, "Signing with Zhang Guan is not easy! To tell you the truth, several sports brands have signed contracts with Zhang Guan. We have contacted many other industries, so our center must also consider it carefully and strictly control it. This is also responsible for our athletes!"
Director Sun changed his voice and continued: "Of course, as your company is the most well-known sports brand in the world, and it also has a deep friendship with our center, there must be no problem in terms of qualifications."
Manager Wang smiled and nodded, but he felt very unhappy in his heart. Although Director Sun’s high-sounding words sounded good, according to Manager Wang’s understanding of these officials, the more high-sounding they were, the more ready they were to kick the ball. . If this continues, today will be in vain.
"Director Sun, our company is very sincere, and we have also decided to increase the signing bonus. Didn't we negotiate for 300,000 last time? This time the company has increased it tenfold, to 3 million a year!" Manager Wang extended his hand. Three fingers, with a deliberately exaggerated expression on his face, as if three million had already shocked him.
But in fact, Manager Wang knew that the company's negotiation limit for him was not just 3 million. James told Manager Wang that if it was less than 5 million, he could directly agree. If it was more than 5 million, he would report to him. As long as it was not too high, The problem won't be too big. But it’s always good to save money for the company, so Manager Wang’s skillful expression became exaggerated.
"Three million..." Director Sun showed a faint smile, and then said: "As far as I know, the leadership does not really recognize this number. It must be difficult to sign a contract for three million."
When Director Sun said this, he deliberately moved forward and lowered his voice and said, "Brother Wang, let me tell you the truth secretly. The prices offered by other companies are higher than yours!"
"As expected, those competitors have really taken action!" Manager Wang thought to himself, but he still had to show flattered gratitude on his face.
"I wonder what price is more acceptable to the leadership?" Manager Wang asked.
"Haha..." Director Sun smiled meaningfully, pressed the cigarette butt in his hand into the ashtray, and stopped talking. As expected, the chat ended with "haha".
Director Sun knows that although these multinational groups are rich, they all ignore rabbits. If Manager Wang wants to get information from him, it is impossible to rely only on red lips and white teeth. He must come up with some reality. s things.
Manager Wang immediately realized that judging from Director Sun's attitude, it was unlikely that he would be a white wolf with nothing. Manager Wang straightened up slowly, then took out a cigarette and handed it to Director Sun, and said: "Director Sun, let's go to the Regal Hotel tonight. I have reserved a seat. The exquisite Buddha jumps over the wall."
"The fine Buddha jumps over the wall..." Director Sun thought for a moment. There are 2,666 fine Buddhas jumping over the wall at the Regal Hotel. This is close to his monthly salary. On weekdays, he only listens to the names. As for eating there, it is impossible. of.
"Okay, since Manager Wang invites you so kindly, I will be disrespectful!" Director Sun smiled and then said: "I heard that the spa on the sixth floor of the Regal Hotel is very good."
Manager Wang cursed a few times in his mind, but he still said: "Don't worry, we have everything. We have everything we want. After dinner, we will go to the sixth floor!"
…
In the early morning, Manager Wang put Director Sun in the car and breathed a sigh of relief.
After pretending to be a grandson all night, Manager Wang had already learned from Director Sun the bidding prices of other competitors. More importantly, he knew that the sports brand endorsement that the center leader had set for Zhang Guan was 5 million!
"Five million a year is a reasonable price based on Zhang Guan's achievements. However, according to domestic athlete endorsement fee standards, it is a bit high, but it is also within the acceptable range." Manager Wang's face A smile of victory appeared.
Naik Company has always maintained a good cooperative relationship with the field management center. Now that he knows the base price of the field management center and the situation of his competitors, the quotation can give him a lot of advantages in subsequent negotiations. . Although this night cost Manager Wang more than 10,000 yuan, Manager Wang believed that he could make hundreds of times back at the negotiation table.
"If I can save a little more on endorsement fees, maybe I can get an extra year-end bonus at the end of the year!" Manager Wang sighed in his heart.
He is just an ordinary person. For him, his greatest ideal is to work hard, get a promotion, get a raise, and then bring a better life to his family. To do this, he can give up his dignity and do things he doesn't want to do.
But neither Manager Wang nor Director Sun knew that Zhang Guan's agent team and the championship team had begun to operate in an orderly manner.
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Many football and basketball novels start their careers abroad, which can directly avoid the problem of institutional constraints. However, when writing other projects, especially non-professional projects, it is difficult to avoid the issue of agents. This is also the second volume. The last episode. The third volume will start to add some other track and field events. Judging from the first draft written so far, the pace of the competition in the third volume feels a bit faster. That’s about it, bow and exit.
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