Behind the scenes of the entertainment industry

Lin Shan's fame has risen a lot recently. The song "Live Hard" has become the most popular song on major music radio stations. Many radio stations wanted to interview Lin Shan, but Zhou Cheng blocked them all.

Although Lin Shan had some criticisms, he still agreed with Zhou Cheng's statement. After the monthly competition of "Avenue of Stars" is over, it will be the time for him to accumulate more resources and make progress. At that time, he will receive more resources and attention than now.

Today, Lin Shan unexpectedly received a call and came to a local restaurant called "Northeast Pork Cuisine" located near Sanyuanqiao.

Lin Shan looked at the well-dressed Cheng Kai in front of him, and was a little surprised as to why he had his own contact information and why he invited him to dinner. Moreover, his suit and leather shoes did not match this fly restaurant.

Cheng Kai saw Lin Shan coming in and pointed to the seat opposite him and asked him to sit down: "This hotel is a bit shabby. Xiao Lin, don't be offended. You chose to work here because I, old Cheng, like this."

Lin Shan did not sit down, but looked at Cheng Kai quietly and asked: "Manager Cheng, I'm not familiar with you. I wonder what you want from me? You're definitely not here to show off to me. I'm not good enough."

That qualification.”

The night before yesterday, Chen Haoming won the championship of this year's "Super Boy". Cheng Kai should be celebrating with him and should not appear here. Lin Shan and Cheng Kai only met once in the "Super Boy" sub-division finals.

It is not something for the other party to show off to.

"Look at what you said, am I, Old Cheng, that kind of person?" Cheng Kai didn't care about Lin Shan's sarcasm: "I only found out in the past two days that you are from Yanbian and I am from Hunchun. Speaking of which, we are still

He is considered a fellow countryman."

"Are you investigating me?" Lin Shan's voice was much louder. When he saw the diners around him looking over, he sat down angrily and looked at Cheng Kai across from him with unkind eyes.

"Do you have anything worthy of my investigation? I saw your information when you signed up last time." Cheng Kai dismissed Lin Shan's threat and waved at the bar.

"What do you two gentlemen want to eat?" The waitress, the landlady, stood beside their table with a small book.

"Let's have a portion of your signature pig-killing vegetables, add more blood sausage and sauerkraut, and a portion of pot-wrapped pork and three delicacies." Then he said to Lin Shan: "Xiao Lin, do you want to add some more?"

"Sir, our dishes are quite generous. If there are only two of you, these three dishes will be enough." The landlady interrupted Cheng Kai sincerely.

"Okay, let's order this much first." Cheng Kai handed the menu back to the landlady, looked at Lin Shan and said, "I'll try her chicken stewed with hazel mushrooms next time. I wonder if it tastes like the one we have in the mountains.

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Maybe Cheng Kai's lack of presence made Lin Shan really feel like a fellow countryman. He gradually put down his guard and saw that Cheng Kai was no longer so tit-for-tat: "Manager Cheng, you should be celebrating with Chen Haoming at this time. Why do you have time to come?"

Looking for me, a loser?”

"Loser? Haha, I am the loser." Cheng Kai smiled mockingly.

Seeing Lin Shan's puzzled look, Cheng Kai gave him a cup of tea. Although it was just barley tea, Lin Shan still felt respect from Cheng Kai's actions: "When Chen Haoming entered the finals, our company leaders directly handed over his agency contract.

Take it away, and now I am all alone. Do you think I need to celebrate with them?"

"Didn't you discover Chen Haoming by yourself?" Lin Shan asked with some surprise.

"Now his agency contract with our company has been upgraded to level A, and he is no longer under the control of an ordinary agent like me." Cheng Kai watched Lin Shan enter the dice, secretly proud, and introduced his company's artist structure to Lin Shan:

"Although I was a little unwilling, in order to allow him to develop better, I gave his contract to the company so that he could participate in the Spring Festival Gala this year and win a Chinese music award next year."

"Then you suffered a huge loss?" Perhaps because of his overflowing sympathy, Lin Shan began to feel aggrieved for Cheng Kai.

"It's not a loss. The company gave me two million in compensation." Cheng Kai pretended to be relaxed.

At this time, the proprietress brought over a large pot of pig meat and vegetables, looked at the two of them and asked, "What drinks are you going to drink?"

"Give me a half-pound bottle of Black Earth, and give him a bottle of Yanjing." Cheng Kai took it upon himself to order a bottle of beer for Lin Shan: "You are a singer, so you can drink some beer with a low alcohol content, but it is best not to drink liquor.

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Lin Shan was originally a little unhappy because of Cheng Kai's self-assertion, but after hearing his explanation, he felt a little relieved, and he felt a little more favorable towards Cheng Kai.

"Agent Cheng, let me get you a drink." Lin Shan poured himself a glass of beer after the landlady brought the drinks.

"Okay, let's have a drink." Cheng Kai picked up the wine glass and said to Lin Shan: "We are fellow villagers. If you want to respect me, Lao Cheng, you can call me Brother Kai."

After the two of them had a glass of wine, Lin Shan couldn't help but said: "Brother Kai, if you take Chen Haoming's contract, can you make so much money in a year?"

"Money is just a number to me." Cheng Kai shook his head: "I have been in this industry for more than ten years. I have led Huang Zheng and Sha Liang, and I have already earned a lot of money. Not Brother Kai

To brag to you, I bought two houses in Yanjing."

"So Sha Liang is also an artist in your hands." Lin Shan did not envy his house, but asked about the artist.

"Yes. The contracts have been terminated." Cheng Kai drank the wine in his glass: "Brother, my biggest wish in this life is to be able to bring out a first-line singer. Whether it is Huang Zheng or Sha Liang, they are all restricted by their talents.

First-line.”

"Now, brother, I finally met a singer who had a chance to become a top-notch singer, but he gave it to the company. Brother, I am not willing to accept it."

"Are you talking about Chen Haoming?" Lin Shan said with some dissatisfaction: "His singing skills are not as good as Sha Liang's. If it weren't for the bonus of this show, he probably wouldn't have reached the top."

"Today's first-line singers are different from before." Cheng Kai looked at Lin Shan, who was a little angry, and smiled: "In the past, it was based on the singer's music album circulation and whether he could win professional awards. Now he is pursuing exposure.

Degree, is it the number of notifications or the number of fans?”

"Exposure?"

Seeing Lin Shan's confusion, Cheng Kai showed a surprised expression: "Hasn't your agent informed you about this knowledge?"

"No, he hasn't been answering my notifications recently." Lin Shan hesitated for a moment before telling him his current situation.

"Perhaps each agent has different plans for artists. Your agent graduated from a film and television school, so he may have his own ideas." Cheng Kai hesitated, and directly greeted Lin Shan: "Hurry up and try this.

The blood sausages made with pork butchers are very authentic. Food with Northeastern characteristics like ours can only be made by authentic Northeasterners."

Lin Shan understood the meaning of Cheng Kai's words, picked up a piece of blood sausage with chopsticks, and put it into his small bowl without tasting it. After a long silence, he looked at Cheng Kai and asked again: "Brother Kai,

You didn’t come to me today just to spread the knowledge about agents to me, right?”

"Since you asked, I'll tell you the truth." Hearing Lin Shan's doubts, Cheng Kai also put down his chopsticks, took out an agreement from his briefcase and handed it to Lin Shan: "You have a song that is very popular recently.

Originally, I invited you to release a single on behalf of the company."

"Release a single?"

Lin Shan took over the agreement and saw that it was a single release invitation agreement with the official seal of Maihe Music. The general content was that Maihe Music was going to release the album "2007 Music Golden Songs" and wanted to include Lin Shan's "Hard Power" sung by Lin Shan.

"Alive" song. In return, Maihe Music will pay a one-time copyright fee of 50,000 yuan.

The income of 50,000 yuan was very tempting to Lin Shan. Just when Lin Shan was still hesitant, Cheng Kai snatched the agreement back: "I don't recommend you accept it. Because our company does not accept artists who are not from our company."

They are trying to suppress it. If you sign this agreement, you will be subject to certain restrictions in singing this song in the future."

"Restrictions? This is my own song. Am I not allowed to sing it myself?" Cheng Kai took the initiative to point out the trap hidden in the agreement, which made Lin Shan confused. He looked at Cheng Kai in surprise, waiting for his explanation.

"If you release a single on our side, then your songs on other online platforms will be removed, so your download revenue of this song will be gone. And if you want to participate in any performances in the future, you can sing

Our company also needs to collect copyright fees for this song." Cheng Kai tore up the agreement and threw it into the trash can: "Because we are fellow villagers, and I don't want to see your development restricted. Today I will make a deal with you.

He's just a friend, you can come to me if you need anything in the future."

"Thank you, Brother Kai. I respect you." Lin Shan toasted Cheng Kai. He didn't pay attention to the other aspects Cheng Kai said, but he wanted to know more about the income from song downloads that the other party mentioned.