Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

Chapter 353: One person is enough to fight against the stick (please subscribe, please vote)

The director surnamed Lin was obviously a veteran at the negotiation table. He had done enough homework before coming, so he naturally knew that Nan Feiyan was the property of the Bianlang family.

Faced with the ingredients of dozens of dishes of various sizes, both raw and cooked, Guoqiao rice noodles, he originally praised it from 10 points, but when he said it, it became 12 points.

"Teacher Bian, it's a pity that your craft is only limited to Yunnan Province. We eat Guoqiao rice noodles from time to time in BJ, but the taste is simply heaven and earth compared to yours. How about you Take pity on us social beasts and go to BJ to open a branch?"

When it comes to boasting about the deliciousness of their cross-bridge rice noodles, this is really useful in Bianlang. But with the experience of his previous life, Bian Lang is very aware of the various acclimatization problems of this unique traditional delicacy in Yunnan Province after leaving the province.

First of all, purchasing fresh rice noodles is the biggest problem. Ninety-nine percent of the raw materials for rice noodles after leaving the province are boiled dry rice noodles, which makes it difficult to have the elastic, soft and glutinous texture of fresh rice noodles. In Yunnan Province, basically every city has many large and small rice noodle workshops. Most of the rice noodles supplied by suppliers are delivered two or three times a day, ensuring absolute freshness.

Otherwise, after a certain time limit, the rice noodles will become sour and go bad, and they will lose their chewy texture in the mouth, just like eating sour overnight rice. Therefore, many people who have eaten authentic food when traveling to Yunnan Province are so disappointed when they go back to compare it that they never want to go there again.

Otherwise, in my previous life, there were so many chain stores in Yunnan Province with dozens or hundreds of branches in the province. Why were they so sluggish after they went out? Even Qiao Xiangyuan, which was ranked first in Yunnan Province at that time, went to BJ Wangfujing and could not open. I lost all my money in one year and closed the store immediately;.

However, it is not possible to eat good food in BJ. The hotel of the Yunnan Provincial Office in Beijing can eat fresh rice noodles flown in every day. Not to mention the price is expensive, and the daily quantity is not large. If you want to eat it, you have to hurry up early.

As for why there are no rice noodle workshops in these big cities, Bian Lang was puzzled in his previous life. After asking Russell Ping in this life, he got the standard answer: "In Dian Province, 99% of the breakfast stalls are in demand. But when you go to other places, you If you open a rice noodle factory and only supply two or three merchants, you won't even be able to earn back the rent! Not to mention the differences in water, soil and materials, and whether the rice noodles made in the end are delicious..."

Thinking of this, Bian Lang smiled and said: "Thank you, Director Lin, for the compliment, but once this matter goes out of Yunnan Province, it will be too difficult to restore. The set I have is only 100 yuan, and the ones with similar specifications elsewhere are also the same." It’s almost like this home. But if you want to go to BJ, I feel like the price of 100 can’t cover the cost. If you want to eat, come to Chuncheng to play with me when you’re free. I’ll have enough rice noodles across the bridge!”

After saying that, Bian Lang took a spoonful of the squab soup stewed in the mini steam pot and drank it, gesturing for the two of them to follow suit.

Chen Bing took a bite and said with emotion: "Indeed, I will have to move around more just for this bite."

The two of them liked to listen, and Bian Lang also liked to talk. The three of them talked about the cross-bridge rice noodles in Nan Feiyan for more than an hour. They didn't mention anything about work until they arrived at the Rolling Stones' office. Bian Lang took the initiative. After mentioning it, the three finally got down to the topic.

Chen Bing is more familiar with Bian Lang and speaks more directly: "Teacher Bian, I watched the last live broadcast of this variety show. I personally felt that once your new songs came out, the variety show finals were not that exciting."

"We can talk about Mr. Chen's words in private, but if outsiders hear it, it will offend others."

As far as the classics of these songs are concerned, Bian Lang feels that it is not an exaggeration to be praised for one sentence, but when it comes to the overall effect, there is still a gap in terms of lighting, dance, etc.

"Teacher Bian is also humble. Just because you dare to play it real, other music TV shows can't keep up. Everyone is an insider, and we all know that the versions of these music TV shows now need to go through a lot of post-production. , and even some of the traffic that was highly praised by capital was directly released in the studio version in the later stage, causing many music critics to not know how to evaluate it at the scene. "

Speaking of this, Bian Lang really felt the same way.

In the past, he occasionally watched music magazines and was annoyed by music critics who were always embarrassing themselves. Obviously some of the songs are pretty good, so why did they deliberately say something so ugly just to gain attention? After the show was aired, they were scolded on the Internet.

Why bother with this typically thankless behavior?

But once he went to listen to it live, he knew why there was such a difference. Because there are some popular singers and Internet celebrity singers who can’t sing without a sound card and a million-dollar sound engineer, the scene was simply a car accident scene!

But after the main film was aired, it was so edited that even the parents no longer recognized each other.

What the music critics said at the scene, Bian Lang felt that they were really saved, but when the feature film came out, these music critics were really slapped in the face.

Of course, this kind of topic popularity is naturally the effect that the program team hopes to have, so over time, the music critics who dare to tell the truth and the fans of the singers who are not very good at singing but have high popularity and traffic have formed an opposition. group!

"There is no way. Nowadays, the audience of variety shows think that since you sing, you must be professional, and they cannot accept any flaws. Naturally, the program team must take into account both strength and traffic, so this matter is difficult to comment on. But the audience's Aesthetics has also been domesticated like this by the environment.”

Having said this, Bian Lang casually asked about New Year's Eve: "By the way, if time permits and the Rolling Stones can attend the New Year's Eve recording, don't give us such preferential treatment."

"Teacher Bian, what you said makes sense. Not to mention that with your ability, you absolutely need to do that. Even if we want to change the sound source, are there any studio versions of most of the Rolling Stones' current songs for us to change?"

"Uh..." Bian Lang felt a little embarrassed after being said like that.

Seeing that Bian Lang didn't answer, Chen Bingcai continued: "Teacher Bian, Amiri has asked the advertising company to contact us and intends to sponsor this New Year's Eve party, so we will confirm the specific details with you this time. As for the time, is it just a matter of staggering the awards ceremony in Yuncun?"

Bian Lang didn't expect that this would turn out like this. Although he didn't say it clearly, the implication was that as long as you promised to come, Amiri would agree to sponsor you.

Although this is only one of the factors that affects signings during New Year's Eve, whether the Rolling Stones participate or not is indeed a key factor.

Just like Guo Sichu brings his own advertisers into the program group, the brands will be somewhat biased in the programs where his own spokespersons participate.

Since the words came to this, Bian Lang naturally agreed: "Yuncun's party will be in Pengcheng, and you will record the New Year's Eve at BJ. Just stagger the awards ceremony and the time on the road. I can arrange the tuning and stage in advance. Let someone go over and communicate with you. You just need to tell me the time reserved for my performance."

After hearing this, Director Lin, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke: "Teacher Bian is quick to talk, and I like dealing with Teacher Bian like this. Needless to say, I have the final say to arrange at least 30 minutes of performance time for Rolling Stone Music. , Teacher Bian can make the final arrangements for the band and artists.

When we return this time, we will have someone contact Teacher Bian to confirm the repertoire of the performance and other related matters..."

Bian Lang felt quite comfortable with the various conditions given in these words.

Through Chen Shuting's narration and speculation, he learned a little bit about the situation at Xiaopo Station. He said that a dedicated team was responsible for the preparations for the New Year's Eve party, and Chen Bing and his content department were not the leading department.

Moreover, the time conflict with the Yuncun award ceremony seemed to be due to speculation about the schedule of a foreign artist, and Bian Lang also knew about it. But just a day later, the director came to the door with a plan. He felt that there must be more than Amiri preparing to sponsor this project.

Bian Lang didn't want to agree vaguely, because it was difficult to explain the situation, so he immediately asked: "Thank you Mr. Lin for your support, but I still want to ask, the change is so big one day before and after, What’s the reason?”

Director Lin didn't hide anything and directly told Bian Lang what happened on the website yesterday.

It turned out that after receiving Bian Lang's reply yesterday, Director Lin called the investment department to inquire about the investment situation of the New Year's Eve party. You won’t know if you don’t ask, but once you ask, you’ll find out that the situation is not ideal.

In fact, the Bang girl group is only second-rate in Bangzi country. As for why it has such a big influence on Xiaopo.com, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is all due to various marginal otaku bonuses.

None of the endorsements she carries are from international mainstream brands, and none of them are from China. Although I took the initiative to contact him, my business in China is not the focus of the brand, so I not only have no intention of naming the brand, but also want to get better exposure opportunities at a low price.

Naturally, the Investment Promotion Department is hanging on to the other party and is unlikely to agree.

As for these domestic advertising investors, they are still very doubtful about the appeal of this girl group in the country, and the other lineups have not been determined, so the progress of this matter is stuck there.

As for the person in charge of the New Year's Eve Party team, he didn't know whether it was his own preference or his style of only looking at the data. He was confused and regarded this girl group as a traffic password.

Therefore, when Director Lin found him and threw the data given by the investment department directly on his desk, the person in charge argued plausibly: "That's because it hasn't been officially confirmed yet. If the contract is really signed... …”

Director Lin didn't waste any time talking to him. He directly explained Amiri's intention and emphasized the importance of Bian Lang in it.

But the person in charge seemed determined to compete with the content department, so he proposed a closing time and betting conditions for the investment. If the investment requirements could be fulfilled because of the addition of Rolling Stone, then he would go to the content department. ideas come.

Of course, Director Lin couldn't tell Bian Lang everything in detail. He just picked out the words that would make Rolling Stone proud. As for the matter of taking 7% of the artist's budget, he didn't reveal a word.

Bian Lang understood it, and he was regarded as a "gun" directly, but he was willing to take this shot.

"Those artists and companies from Bangzi Country always treat China's fans as leeks. I personally think this trend should be changed. In a big way, they can't contribute much economic value to China by making money. The second-rate girl group from Bangzi still insists on treating themselves as bosses, and I really don’t want to serve them.”

After hearing Director Lin's words, Bian Lang became even more confused, but he knew that there were some things that he couldn't ask in person, and it was the first time the two of them had met and dealt with each other, so he assumed that Director Lin still had patriotic feelings in his heart.

"Director Lin is right. The way they create stars really benefits capital, and the influence they have on fans is hard for us to understand, but I think it will be a good thing if things continue like this."

Bian Lang summed up the existence of boy and girl groups in three words: "I can't understand!"

And it is still difficult to understand some of the extreme behaviors among their fans. For example, in a previous life, members of a certain boy band had to serve in the military. As a result, the Chinese support group directly organized and sent a lot of money to the troops.

In Bian Lang's concept, this behavior was capitalizing on the enemy. He really couldn't understand the guidance provided by capital in order to make money, and whether he had ever considered the bottom line issue.

Hearing Bian Lang's words, Director Lin seemed to have met a confidant, and started chatting with Bian Lang.

As we chatted, we talked about some things that happened when he first joined the company. The users of Xiaopo Station are mainly young people. At that time, Bangziliu had the greatest influence in China. At least half of his work at that time was about purchasing copyrights from Hebangzi.

At first, I didn’t notice anything too strange. After all, at that time, the entire domestic entertainment industry, from TV series to variety shows to artists, could basically be said to have been dominated by Bangziliu, which took up at least half of the country.

Capital burning is all guided by stick flow!

But by chance, when the other party was replying to the quotation email, he accidentally sent quotations from other regions to his mailbox.

After looking at it, he discovered that compared with other regions, the price quoted by the entertainment country of Bangzi Country to China was basically more than twice the premium, and he always had a non-responsive attitude when contacting them.

From that moment on, the seeds of disdain for Bangzi Country were planted in Director Lin's heart.

But at that time, he was a man of few words, and coupled with the current situation of the entertainment industry at that time, he couldn't do anything at all.

Later, when his position gradually became higher and higher, and the power in his hands began to be able to decide some things, he consciously began to allocate resources to other aspects.

After listening to his story, Bian Lang said seriously: "Director Lin, the Rolling Stones will go all out for this New Year's Eve Music Festival and will not let down your recognition of us!"

Bian Lang asked himself that the two lifetimes of singing and dancing could never be compared with those in Bangzi Country, whether it was difficult or not, whether it was a girl or not! But when it comes to playing rock and roll, he is not afraid at all even if they come with the force of the whole country.

In his previous life, he really didn't have the ability or opportunity to make a contribution in resisting the invasion of stick culture. Now that he has the opportunity and ability in this life, it is his duty to do so.

Seeing that Bian Lang was so serious, Chen Bing also added: "Teacher Bian, when you and the baseball star were fighting hard before, I thought you were very upright! If they really fight openly in the end, all the musicians in their country will Taken together, I don’t think they can beat you alone!”

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Total Hangzhou

(End of this chapter)