Becoming a Global Superstar Starting as an Idol Trainee

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 non-stop to meet Chen Minhao with the drafted contract.

The agreed meeting place is at 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.

After 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 some simple greetings, before Li Weijie sat down on the chair, he took the contract out of his purse and said:

"According to our previous agreement, about 8 episodes of "My Concert and Me" will be recorded, and your appearance fee will be 12 million."

To be honest, this reward is very high for ordinary people, but for Chen Minhao, this reward is not high.

Because some variety shows hoped to cooperate with Chen Minhao before, they offered 2 million yuan per episode.

However, Chen Minhao is quite satisfied with this contract. What he values ​​most is this content in the contract:

"During the filming, if there are differences or opinions between Party A and Party B, Party A should communicate with Party B, and shall not directly order or interfere with Party B's work beyond its authority."

With this clause, Chen Minhao's autonomy can be guaranteed.

Chen Minhao also had a lawyer consultant hired outside the studio. After checking the contract repeatedly, Chen Minhao signed his name with a black carbon pen, and then stamped it with the seal of the studio.

When Li Weijie saw that Chen Minhao had "signed and pledged", he breathed a sigh of relief.

None of the people sitting across the table was easy to mess with, he was really too difficult.

After Li Weijie put away the contract, he said: "Due to some historical issues left over from "My Concert", this program cannot be exposed yet. I hope everyone will keep it strictly confidential."

After speaking, he took out a stack of "Confidentiality Agreement" from his bag and asked everyone in the conference room to sign it.

After Chen Minhao checked the content of the non-disclosure agreement and there was nothing wrong with it, he nodded and signaled that everyone can sign.

Li Weijie just mentioned the issues left over from history. Although he mentioned it very cryptically, everyone in the room knew what he was talking about - Mango Satellite TV.

Now is the time when Ming is repairing the plank road and darkening Chen Cang, and Chen Minhao is still dragging the Mango TV.

Before the official announcement of "My Concert and Me", this variety show cannot be known to Mango TV.

In order to keep "My Concert and Me" strictly confidential, Penguin Video did everything they could.

First of all, in terms of process, with the support of Chen De, the VP of Penguin Video who is in charge of content production, the approval process was given the green light all the way.

Moreover, the staff of each approval process are also required to keep this variety show strictly confidential, and are even asked not to discuss this matter with colleagues who don't know about it.

Secondly, the place where the contract is signed is normally at the headquarters of Penguin Video.

But in order to avoid letting other people know that Chen Minhao and Penguin Video are going to cooperate, Li Weijie deliberately brought the contract to Kyoto and put the signing place in Chen Minhao's studio.

In the end, both the staff of Penguin Video and the participants of Chen Minhao's studio were required to sign non-disclosure agreements. Let everyone understand that leaking secrets is the bottom line that cannot be touched.

After Li Weijie put away the non-disclosure agreement signed by everyone, he smiled and said to Chen Minhao: "Originally our VP Chen De, who was in charge of content production, Mr. Chen wanted to fly to Kyoto to meet you in person this time, but this time the company really has something to do. If I can’t leave, I’m the only one who came here in the end.”

However, after Chen Minhao listened to Li Weijie's words, he acted as if he didn't take it to heart at all, and just answered a simple sentence.

"It's okay, there will always be a chance to meet in the future. Now that the contract has been signed, when will we announce this variety show to the outside world?"

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 of "My Concert and Me". Can you see it?"

Chen Minhao nodded and said, "In terms of program promotion, you guys are definitely more professional than me. I'll 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, which guaranteed Chen Minhao's autonomy. Both Mr. Chen and him resisted a lot of pressure at the company level.

Li Weijie was originally worried that after Chen Minhao had this "Shangfang Sword", he would do whatever he wanted.

But looking at it now, Chen Minhao is still quite sensible. No, to be precise, he is quite a smart guy.

He knows how to leave professional things to professional people.

Li Weijie smiled slightly, and continued to ask: "About the planning of the concert, Chen Minhao, do you have any ideas now?"

Chen Minhao nodded, no nonsense, he went back to his office to get a document, handed it to Li Weijie, and then said:

"This is a simple proposal we published yesterday."

When the company's external legal counsel heard that the specific content was involved, he stood up very tactfully and said, "If I am not needed here, I will leave first. If you have anything to do, please call me at any time." I."

After seeing Chen Minhao nodding, he opened the door and left.

He was deeply afraid that if he stayed any longer, he would have to sign a few more non-disclosure agreements.

After Li Weijie picked up the planning book, he quickly looked at it, and when he saw half of it, his face was shocked.

He read the passage word for word twice, wanting to make sure his understanding didn't slip.

When he finished watching it for the third time, he finally couldn't help it anymore. He raised his head, looked at Chen Minhao and asked, "You have a total of four concerts, and then you plan to sing a new song at each concert." ?”

Chen Minhao nodded and said, "Yes, that's what it means. Is this kind of operation not allowed?"

Li Weijie hesitated for a moment, and said, "It's fine, but if you don't release an album for the new song, wouldn't it be a bit of a disadvantage for you to show it 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 different opinions. I plan to pass the This means, let as many people as possible pay attention to my concert, let more people pay attention to me."

Li Weijie said worriedly: "But this has very high requirements for the quality of each new song. If the quality of one of your new songs is not up to standard, I am worried that many people will laugh at you for grandstanding."

Chen Minhao heard that Li Weijie was worried about the quality of the song, he smiled, looked at Li Weijie and said, "You don't have to worry about the quality of the song."

Li Weijie was stunned for a moment: "Has the song been written yet?"

"It hasn't been written yet." Chen Minhao smiled, paused the segment, pointed to his own brain with his right hand, and said, "Don't worry, the song is already in my mind."

Li Weijie returned to Pengcheng with Chen Minhao's planning book, and he went to Chen De, the VP of Penguin Video who was in charge of content production.

Li Weijie recounted the process of going to Chen Minhao to sign the contract in detail.

After Chen De listened, he nodded and said: "I can probably understand what Chen Minhao is thinking. His request is that he handles the content of the program by himself, and then we 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 for many years."

Li Weijie nodded, he agreed with Chen De's statement, he asked curiously: "Then we should follow Chen Minhao's idea and let him sing a new song every concert?"

Chen De raised his eyebrows and asked back, "What's wrong with that?"

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 the stable and win-win situation."

Chen De sighed and said: "When doing things, we must grasp the main contradiction. For us, the most important thing is that this program is popular. Only if there is popularity, then the number of broadcasts will be considerable, and there will be rich fathers who are willing to advertise. As for the risk and No, that's Chen Minhao's business, he can decide for himself."

Li Weijie thought about it and felt that this was indeed the case. He should make some adjustments in his own thinking, from the original director of variety shows to the producer of variety shows.

Chen De asked: "How about the promotional video of "My Concert and Me"?"

Li Weijie said: "At present, all the preparations have been completed, and we will go to Kyoto to shoot tomorrow."

Chen De nodded, and said, "Okay, you should pay close attention to this matter and make sure the promotional video goes online on Sunday."

Chen De rubbed his temples, and said, "I thought about it for a while, and the promotional resources are further tilted towards "My Concert and Me". Let's follow the A-level variety show."

"Class A?" Li Weijie couldn't believe his ears.

General variety shows can be divided into "S-level", "A-level", "B-level", "second-line" and general programs according to their magnitude.

The main difference between the tiers is the resources invested.

The investment is naturally for return. Generally speaking, an S-level variety show must have at least a single episode of over 100 million views to achieve an objective return, while an A-level variety show must have a single episode of at least 50 million views to achieve 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 a little far from A-level.

After all, which A-level variety show is not full of celebrities. And the "concert" feels a little cold, which will turn away some potential viewers.

You know, the number of netizens in the entire China is 800 million. If there are 50 million in a single episode, that is to say, one out of every 16 netizens watched this variety show.

Chen De looked at Li Weijie's surprised expression, smiled and said: "I have a hunch that this variety show will explode. Moreover, Chen Minhao particularly emphasized the autonomy of the content of the show. I think he has new songs for every show. There are other trump cards."

Chen De was the superior. Although Li Weijie had some objections in his heart, 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 reminded him again, "Remember to keep this program strictly confidential before the promotional film goes live."