Zhang Jianzhang rubbed his temples with his index finger: "Friendship? If you said it was because of love, I would accept it regardless of your age. But you actually gave up such a good opportunity for 'friendship'?"
Chen Minhao corrected calmly: "It's not friendship, it's a great revolutionary friendship with common ideals and demands."
Generally speaking, there are two types of relationships between artists and managers.
The first type of relationship is the employment relationship, which is relatively common in China. Artists use managers to manage their careers, and managers enjoy a share of the artists' income. In this kind of relationship, the agent’s restraint on the artist is weak.
The second type of relationship is the superior-subordinate relationship, which often appears among artists who have just debuted or trainees who have not yet debuted.
In this relationship, the agent holds the power of life and death over the artist. In order not to be hidden and to receive more work, the artist will please the agent.
But no matter what kind of relationship it is, all managers hope that their artists can earn more, so that they can earn more.
And Kang Hui is a bright and unique flower among agents. As a realistic idealist, she can manage Chen Minhao's career in an orderly manner, but she also has her own feelings.
She doesn't care how much money she can make, what she cares about is whether Chen Minhao can become a global superstar.
Chen Minhao believes that it is difficult to find such a like-minded agent in the world.
Not to mention that Kang Hui's current blame-taking skill has reached full level.
Zhang Jianzhang saw Chen Minhao's serious face, and he was not going to continue discussing whether Chen Minhao's approach was right or wrong. After all, his purpose today is to persuade Chen Minhao, not to compete in a debate with Chen Minhao and then defeat Chen Minhao.
Zhang Jianzhang sighed, lit a cigarette and asked, "You don't think Tian Xiang and I were so estranged from the beginning, right?"
Chen Minhao narrowed his eyes slightly and shook his head.
Zhang Jianzhang took a long puff of cigarette, blew out a smoke ring, and talked about the past:
"More than ten years ago, in order to get some roles with lines, I chose to sign a contract with Tianyi, and Tian Xiang had just changed from an artist assistant to an agent. At that time, my meager income had to supplement my family. At that time, there were many in Xiangjiang The crew only cares about lunch, and you need to pay for the lunch boxes for dinner." Zhang Jianzhang paused and said: "Because I am poor, every time it is time for dinner, I pretend to go to a restaurant, but in fact I go out to hang out and wait. The others have almost eaten, I will come back."
Chen Minhao did not interrupt Zhang Jianzhang and continued to listen to him.
Zhang Jianzhang showed a heartfelt smile on his face and said: "But one time I was discovered by Tian Xiang. When I was young, I was so proud that I wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl in, but Tian Xiang pretended not to know anything. I breathed a sigh of relief.
But after that day, he stopped eating box lunches on the set at night. Every night after the crew finished work, he took me to his night market shop to eat chee cheong fun. He told me that the Chee Cheong Fun would go bad if it was not sold out that day, and it would be a waste if I didn’t eat it. I believed it at the time and happily followed him to eat it every day. "
Zhang Jianzhang sighed and said, "But later I found out that he asked his parents to leave two bowls of chee cheong fun every day for us to finish work. He even had several quarrels with his dad over this."
Zhang Jianzhang added: "I swore in my heart at that time that Tian Xiang would be my brother for life."
Chen Minhao was stunned for a moment, thinking: Is this the brother who stabbed the two brothers
Zhang Jianzhang noticed Chen Minhao's expression and explained with a smile: "Of course he is my brother now, and he will still be my brother in the future. Even if he quits Shenmeng, I will not treat him badly in terms of money. As long as he speaks in the future , I will definitely try my best to help him.”
After Zhang Jianzhang took a sip of tea, he continued: "I tell you these things about sesame seeds and rotten millet to let you understand a truth: people will always change, and no matter how good brothers are, they will also change because of ideas, opinions, etc. Disagreement, even parting ways.”
Chen Minhao nodded and agreed. He did not want to comment on Zhang Jianzhang's actions. Everyone in this world has their own way of living. As long as the other party's actions are within the scope of the law, Chen Minhao feels that there is no need to be this "keyboard warrior".
He understood the moral of Zhang Jianzhang's story: brotherhood, friendship, etc. will change over time.
But Chen Minhao felt that he was not Zhang Jianzhang, and Kang Hui was not Tian Xiang. There was no favor between the two. The cornerstone of their cooperation was that they shared the same goals.
Zhang Jianzhang saw that Chen Minhao was not touched at all. He sighed and said, "You are still young now. You may regret today's decision in the future."
Chen Minhao did not hesitate at all and said decisively: "Then just wait until I regret it."
Zhang Jianzhang laughed and said: "Forget it, no matter what I say, I can't hide the envy, jealousy and hatred of youth as an old man. But what makes me happy is that you won't be young for too long. I hope you won't regret it now in five years. decision."
Chen Minhao helped Zhang Jianzhang fill the cup of tea and said: "Actually, I understand what you mean, people will change. To be honest, no one can say what the future will be like. I just think people have to live in Now. Maybe if I reject this proposal today, I will regret it in five years, but if I agree to your proposal, then I will probably start to regret it now."
Zhang Jianzhang raised his eyebrows and asked: "Why? If you stay in Shenmeng as the second shareholder, I will not drive Kang Hui away. If Kang Hui leaves because of this, it means that your friendship is nothing more than this."
Chen Minhao chuckled and ignored Zhang Jianzhang's provocation. He said with a smile: "But this is a betrayal of many efforts in the past. Kang Hui made a lot of efforts to establish an independent studio for me. You may not believe it, Although there is no trace of my studio, 15% of the studio’s shares have been promised, Kang Hui 10% and Wu Hanji 5%.”
Zhang Jianzhang sighed, curled his lips and said: "Actually, as long as you think about it, we can find ways to solve these problems. After all, in essence, you just want to open your own studio. There is much else to say. It’s a bit of an excuse.”
I have to say that Zhang Jianzhang is pretty good at judging people. The main reason why this matter cannot be negotiated is because Chen Minhao is unwilling.
If Chen Minhao is willing, Kang Hui can understand, and Wu Hanji can also solve it.
Although Chen Minhao knew that what Zhang Jianzhang was offering was a piece of fat: the second shareholder of a management company with 23 debut artists and 106 undebuted trainees, Chen Minhao still wanted to be the first shareholder of his own small studio.
Regarding Zhang Jianzhang's statement, Chen Minhao chose to acquiesce. And Zhang Jianzhang fell into silence.
Chen Minhao thought for a while and said, "Don't worry, I won't tell Tian Xiang about this matter, and I won't embarrass you and Tian Xiang."
Zhang Jianzhang nodded and said: "It doesn't matter, because what I said before is true. I didn't drive him away because he wanted you to join Shenmeng. It was because he and I did not have the same ideas. He turned the artist away As a tool of oppression, I don’t think this is the long-term solution.”
Chen Minhao thought for a moment and asked, "Have you not talked to him about this issue? You had such a good relationship back then, how could it get to this point?"
Zhang Jianzhang smiled bitterly and said: "We don't know how many times we have quarreled over this issue. No matter what I said, he only said, 'Tianyi is more harsh on artists than us, but Tianyi every year The market capitalization keeps rising.'"
Although Chen Minhao doesn't have much dealings with Tian Xiang, he feels that Tian Xiang is also a talent.
Chen Minhao suddenly remembered what Zhang Jianzhang said just now, and he immediately asked: "Is this why you gave up listing on the New OTC Market and chose to go public instead?"
Zhang Jianzhang was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes became firm: "You are really smart. You can infer a lot of information from just a few words every time. This is indeed the reason. I think since Tian Xiang likes to use the market value of listed companies to speak, then I used the company’s market value to tell him that he was wrong. Let him know that using artists as a tool for exploitation is not a long-term solution.”
Chen Minhao was shocked. This was really the case. What kind of fairy CEO was this
He has done so much, even driving his brother out of the company. He is neither for money nor for power, he just wants to prove that his ideas are right.
The powerful actor is so terrifying.
Zhang Jianzhang felt that since they had not reached an agreement, he would not be sloppy, so he said goodbye directly and left.
Chen Minhao digested the content, reviewed the possibilities of his plan, and then stood up and left.
As soon as Chen Minhao walked out of the door of the meal, the waiter chased him out: "Sir, you haven't paid the bill yet."
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I'll do it myself first: short and weak~
(ノへ￣、)
(End of chapter)