Li Weijie returned to the Penguin Video headquarters in Pengcheng. After he completed the project approval process for the variety show "My Concert and Me", he rushed back to Kyoto to meet Chen Minhao with the drafted contract.
The agreed meeting place was Chen Minhao's studio.
After Li Weijie arrived, the front desk of the studio brought Li Weijie into the most conference room of the studio.
Li Weijie waited for less than a minute. Chen Minhao, Kang Hui, and the legal counsel hired by the company also entered the conference room.
After the two parties met, after a brief exchange of greetings, before Li Weijie could sit down on the chair, he took out the contract from his wallet and said:
"According to our previous agreement, "My Concert and Me" will be recorded for approximately 8 episodes, and your appearance fee is 12 million."
To be honest, this remuneration is very high for ordinary people, but for Chen Minhao, this remuneration is not high.
Because some variety shows previously wanted to cooperate with Chen Minhao and offered 2 million yuan per issue.
However, Chen Minhao is quite satisfied with this contract. What he values most is this content in the contract:
"During the filming period, if Party A and Party B have any differences or opinions, Party A shall communicate with Party B and shall not directly order or interfere with Party B's work beyond their authority."
With this clause in place, Chen Minhao's autonomy can be guaranteed.
Chen Minhao also had an outside lawyer consultant from the studio. After double-checking that there were no problems with the contract, Chen Minhao signed his name with a black carbon pen and stamped his signature from the studio.
Li Weijie breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Chen Minhao "signed and stamped".
None of the people sitting across the table were easy to mess with. He was really difficult.
After Li Weijie put away the contract, he said: "Due to some historical issues, this program of "My Concert and Me" cannot be exposed yet. I hope everyone will keep it strictly confidential."
After speaking, he took out a stack of "confidentiality agreements" from his bag and asked everyone in the conference room to sign them.
After Chen Minhao read the contents of the confidentiality agreement and found no problems, he nodded and indicated that everyone could sign.
Li Weijie just mentioned the issues left over from history. Although he mentioned it very vaguely, everyone in the room knew exactly what he was talking about - Mango TV.
Now is the time when the plank road is being built openly and Chen Cang is being secretly assassinated. Chen Minhao is still dragging Mango TV along.
Before "My Concert and Me" is officially announced, this variety show cannot be known to Mango TV.
Penguin Video went to great lengths to keep "My Concert and Me" strictly confidential.
First of all, in terms of process, with the support of Chen De, VP of Penguin Video who is now in charge of content production, the approval process was given the green light all the way.
Moreover, the staff at each approval stage are also required to keep this variety show strictly confidential, and are even asked not to talk about it with uninformed colleagues.
Secondly, the signing location is usually at the headquarters of Penguin Video.
But in order to avoid letting others know that Chen Minhao and Penguin Video were cooperating, Li Weijie specially brought the contract to Kyoto and placed the signing place at Chen Minhao's studio.
In the end, both the staff of Penguin Video and the participants of Chen Minhao Studio were required to sign a confidentiality agreement. Let everyone understand that leaking secrets is an untouchable bottom line.
After Li Weijie put away the confidentiality agreement signed by everyone, he smiled and said to Chen Minhao: "Originally our VP Chen De, who is in charge of content production, Mr. Chen wanted to fly to Kyoto to meet you in person this time, but the company is really busy this time. I couldn’t leave, and in the end I was the only one here.”
However, after Chen Minhao listened to Li Weijie's words, he seemed to not take it to heart at all and just answered simply.
"It's okay. There will always be opportunities to meet in the future. Now that the contract has been signed, when will we officially announce this variety show?"
Li Weijie said: "As long as we finish shooting a promotional video, it will be fine. We plan to use a simple interview as the promotional video for "My Concert and Me". Can you watch it?"
Chen Minhao nodded and said, "You are definitely more professional than me when it comes to program promotion. I listen to you."
After hearing Chen Minhao's words, Li Weijie breathed a sigh of relief.
In fact, this time Mr. Chen nodded and agreed to add a clause to the contract to ensure Chen Minhao's autonomy. Both Mr. Chen and he resisted considerable pressure from the company level.
Li Weijie was originally worried that after Chen Minhao had this "Sword of Shang Fang", he would do whatever he wanted.
But from now on, Chen Minhao is still quite sensible. No, to be precise, he is a very smart person.
He knows how to leave professional matters to professionals.
Li Weijie smiled slightly and continued to ask: "Chen Minhao, do you have any ideas now about the planning of the concert?"
Chen Minhao nodded and said no nonsense. He went back to his office to get a document, handed it to Li Weijie, and then said:
"This is a simple plan we issued yesterday."
When the company's external legal counsel heard that the specific content was about to be covered, he stood up very wisely and said: "If you don't need me here right now, I will leave first. If you have anything, please call me at any time." I."
When he saw Chen Minhao nodding, he opened the door and left.
He was deeply afraid that if he stayed any longer, he would have to sign several more confidentiality agreements.
After Li Weijie picked up the planning book, he quickly read it. After reading half of it, he looked shocked.
He read the passage twice, word for word, to make sure his understanding was correct.
When he read it for the third time, he finally couldn't help it anymore. He raised his head, looked at Chen Minhao and asked: "You will hold four concerts in total, and you plan to sing a new song at each concert." ?”
Chen Minhao nodded and said, "Yes, that's what I mean. Isn't this kind of operation allowed?"
Li Weijie hesitated for a moment and then said: "Yes, yes, but if the new songs are not released on the album, wouldn't you be at a disadvantage if you show them at the concert?"
Chen Minhao shook his head and said: "After the concert is over, I will include these songs in a new album. As for whether to suffer or not, this is a matter of judgment and wisdom. I plan to pass This method allows as many people as possible to pay attention to my concert, and let more people pay attention to me."
Li Weijie said worriedly: "But the quality requirements for each new song are very high. If the quality of one of your new songs is not up to standard, I'm worried that many people will laugh at you for being sensational."
Chen Minhao heard that Li Weijie was worried about the quality of the songs. He smiled, looked at Li Weijie and said, "You don't have to worry about the quality of the songs."
Li Weijie was stunned for a moment: "Has the song been written?"
"It's not written yet." Chen Minhao smiled, paused the clip, pointed to his brain with his right hand, and said, "Don't worry, the song is already in my head."
Li Weijie returned to Pengcheng with Chen Minhao's plan. He went to find Chen De, VP of Penguin Video who is now in charge of content production.
Li Weijie recounted the process of him going to Chen Minhao to sign the contract in detail.
After listening, Chen De nodded and said, "I can probably understand what Chen Minhao is thinking. His request is that he can handle the content of the program himself, and then we will handle the promotion of the program. I really want to meet him, It feels like I haven’t seen a young man who is both smart and restrained in many years.”
Li Weijie nodded. He agreed with Chen De's statement. He asked curiously: "Then we will follow Chen Minhao's idea and let him sing a new song in every concert?"
Chen De raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's wrong with this?"
Li Weijie thought for a while and said: "It's not bad, I just think this move is a bit risky. It adds some variables to a stable and winnable situation."
Chen De sighed and said: "We must grasp the main contradiction when doing things. For us, the most important thing is that the program is popular. As long as it is popular, the number of broadcasts will be considerable, and the sponsor father will be willing to invest in advertising. As for risk-taking and No, that’s Chen Minhao’s matter, he can decide by himself.”
Li Weijie thought about it and felt that this was indeed the case. He should make some adjustments to his own thinking, and slowly transform from being a director of variety shows to a producer of variety shows.
Chen De asked: "How is the promotional video for "My Concert and Me" going?"
Li Weijie said: "At present, the preparation work has been completed, and we are just waiting to go to Kyoto for filming tomorrow."
Chen De nodded and said, "Okay, keep an eye on this matter and make sure the promotional video goes online on Sunday."
Chen De rubbed his temples and said, "I thought about it, and the promotional resources will be further tilted towards "Me and My Concert". Let's follow it as an A-level variety show."
"A-level?" Li Weijie couldn't believe his ears.
General variety shows can be divided into "S-level", "A-level", "B-level", "second-tier" and general programs according to their size.
The main difference in grading is the resources invested.
Naturally, investment comes in return. Generally speaking, an S-level variety show must have at least a single episode of over 100 million views in order to have an objective return, while an A-level variety show must have a single episode of at least 50 million views in order to have an objective return.
Li Weijie is actually very optimistic about the variety show "My Concert and Me". He thinks it may become a model of small investment and big return.
But he feels that this variety show is still far away from A-level.
After all, which A-level variety show doesn't have countless celebrities. And the "concert" feels a bit unpopular and will turn away some potential viewers.
You know, the number of Internet users in China is 800 million. If it is 50 million for a single episode, it means that one out of every 16 Internet users has watched this variety show.
Chen De looked at Li Weijie's surprised expression and smiled and said: "I have a hunch that this variety show will be a hit. Moreover, Chen Minhao particularly emphasized the autonomy of the program content. I think in addition to having new songs in every show, he There are other trump cards.”
Chen De was his superior. Although Li Weijie had some objections, he also knew to listen to Chen De.
Li Weijie nodded and said, "Okay, then I will coordinate resources according to A level."
Before Li Weijie left the office, Chen De couldn't help but warned him again, "Remember, this program must be kept strictly confidential before the promotional video is released online."
(End of chapter)