hollywood billionaire

Chapter 59 Artist Reserve

Author: TrojanRW

Chapter 59 Artist Reserve

"Come on, refresh yourself."

Han Yi placed the transparent coffee cup in front of Zhao Youzhen, and thoughtfully moved the computer back half an inch.

"I see you are very tired."

Hearing these words, Zhao Youzhen raised his head and glanced at Han Yi, pressed his temples with one hand, shook his head and laughed, and whispered something in Korean.

"You know Chinese, but I don't know Korean." Han Yi curled his lips, "I made coffee for you out of kindness, but you scolded me in my mother tongue."

"I didn't scold you."

Zhao Youzhen stopped the massage, folded his hands, smiled helplessly and sighed.

"What I said was: 'No, I'm a Korean...a Korean who successfully survived in Da Yuan'."

"Dayuan."

Han Yi nodded thoughtfully and sat on the guest chair opposite the girl.

"Is it that exaggerated?"

"In our school, 82.1% of people have entered SKY, and the admission rate is 20% higher than that of Longren." Han Yi's question seemed to bring back Zhao Youzhen's memories. Her eyes were fixed on him, but her thoughts had already wandered away.

Arriving on the peninsula thousands of miles away, "In South Korea, people often say that four things are bad and five things are bad. You can pass the exam if you sleep for only four hours a day, but you will fail if you sleep for five hours..."

"In Dayuan, what we say is 'Three times when four things fall'."

"I'll go." Han Yi's eyes widened in surprise, "I'm going to kill someone."

"That's why we drink it."

Zhao Youzhen held her chin with her right hand and poked the coffee lid with her left index finger. Her smile was as cute and naive as Han Yi had never seen her show in front of outsiders.

"How do you know I like iced American style?"

"Sometimes I think you know a lot, and sometimes I think you treat me as a fool."

Hearing You Zhen's question, Han Yi couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Which Korean doesn't like to drink iced Americano? No, to put it another way, besides iced Americano, do you also drink other coffees?"

"That's right." Zhao Youzhen imitated a kitten drinking water. He didn't move his paws. He just lowered his head and took a big sip of iced coffee. Then he narrowed his eyes with satisfaction, raised his whole body back, and let out a long sigh of relief.

, "Ah, I'm alive."

Normally, if someone saw this unmodified face, Zhao You would have been embarrassed in silence for a long time. But today, the girl seemed extremely comfortable. She yawned, clenched her fist and lightly punched her shoulder.

, looked at Han Yi with a smile.

"It should be the same over there, right?"

"My third grade of junior high school is like this. I have four cans of Nescafe coffee every day, two in the morning and two in the afternoon... But the sleeping time is not that exaggerated. Five or six hours a day can still be guaranteed." Han Yi thought for a while and replied.

, “I didn’t know about it in high school, so I went directly to study in the International Department.”

"I also became a deserter." Zhao Youzhen responded with a smile, "I told my family after my freshman year of high school that I was going to the United States."

"I'm not a deserter."

Han Yi pretended to be annoyed and rolled his eyes at Yu Zhen.

"I set my goal at that time. I must take the exam and come to the United States."

"For Michael Jackson?"

Han Yi told Zhao Youzhen this anecdote in New York.

"Well, another thing is, I want to see more while I'm young." Han Yi nodded and said with a smile, "When you go to college, it's not just for learning knowledge. The farther you are from home, the faster you mature. Since childhood,

My family thought I was spoiled. When they heard that I was going to study in the United States, some relatives secretly made bets that I would miss home in two or three months and cry and make noises to come back."

"result……"

Han Yi spread his hands and winked at Zhao Youzhen.

"It's the fourth year."

"Are you pampered? You can't tell." Zhao Youzhen tilted his head with interest and carefully observed Han Yi for a long time, "I thought you had always been so independent."

After all, most of the food tours in New York were arranged by Han Yi, and all Yu Zhen had to do was follow him with his head spinning.

"No, I didn't even wash my socks before I went abroad."

Thinking of the absurdity of being unable to take care of himself in high school, Han Yi grinned, obviously embarrassed.

"So, I am very grateful that these few years in the United States have made me become a real man."

"I'm also grateful for my time abroad."

Having said this, Zhao You's smile really faded a little.

"It keeps me away from the people I want to stay away from."

"Then do you still want to go to graduate school?" Seeing the mood of the conversation gradually slipping into the abyss, Han Yi quickly changed the topic, "After graduation."

"I originally wanted to." Zhao Youzhen bit his lower lip and looked at Han Yi with a complicated look, "I don't want to anymore now."

"Why?"

"You know what you're asking?" Zhao Youzhen stared, knocked on the table, and made a rare joke, "I'm Manager Zhao."

"Yes, manager." Han Yi smiled and saluted Youzhen, showing off the Korean vocabulary he learned from Park Jaewoo, "Loyal!"

"Unity." Zhao Youzhen responded in a playful manner, sending laughter like silver bells throughout the room.

"What about you? You probably won't continue reading, right?"

"Who said that?" Han Yi opened his phone screen and shook it at Youzhen, "I just got the admission from Columbia University today."

"You're going to...New York to study?"

Zhao Youzhen's smile froze for a moment, and even his tone became a little lower for a moment.

"I originally thought about it, but now I don't." Han Yi sent the girl's words back intact, "This time I enrolled in Columbia University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Northwestern University, but I won't go to any of them - I still stay in Nanjing University.

It would be better to go to UC. I was accepted into USC’s arts management major, but I still want to stay in Los Angeles.”

After four years of hard work, he accumulated a GPA of 3.9 and received four postgraduate admission letters from prestigious universities. In the end, he returned home in a hurry due to family changes. This was the most unforgettable regret in Han Yi's heart. In this life, he must be on his neck.

Put on the peacock blue Master Price hood.

"I also think...Los Angeles is better." Zhao Youzhen breathed a sigh of relief. Then she realized that her abnormal behavior might lead to misunderstanding. She quickly twirled her hair with her fingertips and explained hesitantly, "My

It means, well... you just bought a house here and the company just started..."

"I understand, I understand." Han Yi waved his hand with a smile and said jokingly, "You can't do it without me, right?"

"yes."

After a moment of silence, You Zhen decided to focus on the truth tonight. She stared at Han Yi with burning eyes and her voice was so soft that it was almost inaudible.

"I said, I said the company, the company can't do it without me."

This time it was Han Yi who stuttered.

"Um, "Ocean Eyes"... how's the song going?"

"The two contracts were just sent to Billie and Phineas this afternoon." Zhao Youzhen glanced at Han Yi with a half-smile and said, "I have also contacted Serbon Garner's studio and his agent.

Andy Gipnis said that Serbon was remixing The Weeknd's new album. He was originally going to reject our offer...then I showed him the news."

Zhao Youzhen grabbed his mobile phone from the desk, opened the photo album, flipped to the screenshot skillfully, and handed it to Han Yi.

The latter took a closer look at the Company City column of the Los Angeles Times, written by David Wu.

Title - UTA sells minority stake to raise funds for aggressive expansion.

"In order to promote its ambitious expansion plan, United Artists Agency has sold a minority stake in the company to Parkway Capital and Han Capital to raise development funds. The timing of the entry of the two capital institutions coincides with the rush of top Hollywood agencies to collect

Ammunition, a boom in entering the field of film and television production."

Han Yi narrowed his eyes slightly and read softly.

"UTA said on Friday that the funds from Parkway Capital and Han Capital will be used to accelerate its growth plans and improve the quality of its customer service. Although UTA did not disclose specific details of the transaction, people familiar with the matter estimate that the two capital institutions will maintain

There are about 30% of the company’s shares... Where are the insiders? 41%, why is it only about 30%?”

Under Zhao Youzhen's smiling gaze, Han Yi muttered a few words of complaint.

"Senior executive leadership will remain in place at the privately held company. UTA's partners will also retain majority ownership and control of the company... Parkview Capital, headquartered in Irvine, is an investment management firm with

With assets exceeding US$85 billion, Han Capital is another emerging representative of Chinese capital that has shown its presence in Hollywood in recent years..."

The news only had thirteen concise and clear paragraphs, and Han Yi finished reading it quickly. He raised his head, handed the phone back to You Zhen, clicked on the screen, and said with a smile.

"It's okay, they didn't say anything bad about me. Besides, the photo taken by the Los Angeles Times is quite nice. Do you think I should contact David and just use it as an image photo?"

"Okay." Zhao Youzhen glanced at the photo of Han Yi with Douglas Le Pen and Jeremy Zimmer. Against the backdrop of the two old white men, the Asian face in the photo, which had been carefully modified by the styling team, even

It's even more charming than it looks on site.

It must look good.

Otherwise, why do you think we, You Zhen, would take screenshots?

Just to show it to Serbon Garner’s agent?

"Having said that, after I sent the news to Andy and told him that there would be many cooperation opportunities in the future, he quickly agreed to let Serbon squeeze out time to do post-production for "Ocean Eyes."" Zhao Youzhen continued the topic just now.

, "I asked Phineas to send the project files to Serbon's email this morning. Because there are few tracks and the song structure is simple, Serbon should be able to give us a version this Friday."

"Based on this time, that means... the new remixed version will be available on the 16th or 17th at the earliest." Han Yi looked at the calendar and said.

"Are you planning to go online this weekend?"

"Of course not, I'm just calculating the fastest theoretical release time." Han Yi shook his head, "Make a decision before taking action. We have to settle the channel distribution first. Recruiting people takes time, and record companies have access to the backends of major platforms.

It also takes time... Moreover, what I want to do is to discuss Apple Music's support with Jimmy and Andre first. Posting the song in a hurry will have no exposure, no traffic, no one will listen, and it doesn't make any sense."

At this point, Han Yi pointed to the Macbook in front of Zhao Youzhen and asked.

"By the way, what's going on with the playlist?"

"I'm still sorting it out, but it's almost done." Zhao Youzhen's index finger slid across the touch pad, and the keyboard lit up instantly. She held the metal case on the edge of the computer and pointed the screen at Han Yi, "362 song lists, and...

There are about 20 people who have not completed the statistics."

"362 playlists?" Han Yi looked at the screen, then at Yu Zhen, with a look of disbelief on his face, "You found so many?"

"According to your idea, I only looked for playlists on Spotify and Apple Music. I didn't touch Deezer or Tidal, otherwise there would be more."

Zhao Youzhen did not feel that this number was exaggerated at all, and continued to explain calmly.

"The playlists I looked for were divided into three types: style, function and mood. On the music style side, I picked out all the popular playlists of alternative pop, indie pop, R&B and ambient pop. On the function side

, I chose a playlist that focuses on meditation, hypnosis and other static activities. There are about sixty or seventy songs... Then there is the emotional category. The emotions are very simple, sad, peaceful, and some I think.

The nostalgic playlist, which is mainly pop music, feels more in line with "Ocean"

Eyes" tonality."

"Is this really your first time doing this kind of work?" Han Yi couldn't help but ask. He was amazed by the Korean girl's precise control over the matching of the playlist.

"Yes." Zhao Youzhen looked at Han Yi with strong confidence and a hint of hope for praise. "Look, if it's not suitable, I can change another batch."

"I think... it's perfect. Well done, Yuzhen!"

Han Yi swiped the form and exclaimed in admiration. He would never hesitate to praise excellent work results, especially for a self-taught promotion master like Zhao Youzhen. His attention was entirely on the screen of his laptop.

, making him ignore the sweet smile that Yuzhen showed after his expectation was fulfilled.

When he raised his head again, Zhao Youzhen had already cleared his throat and returned to his normal demeanor.

"There is no need for more, let's start with these playlists. First pick out the thirty most popular playlists, and wait for the songs to be officially released to run the volume... However, don't delete other playlists.

, this list can be kept, and when the promotion department staff come in, hand it directly to them to continue recording every week. This is... our record company's playlist resource list."

"good."

Hearing the subtle expressions in Han Yi's words, Zhao Youzhen's spirits were lifted, and his originally sore back straightened up.

"Is there anything else that needs to be done? I feel that there are still many things that have not been completed." Zhao Youzhen's pupils were dancing with two groups of energetic flames, "The artist management company is currently only in contact with Billi, Phineas and

Madison, isn’t that enough? If something goes wrong and they don’t sign it, the company will not even have an artist left.”

"What do you think?" Han Yi rubbed his chin and asked softly.

"UTA is a good breakthrough." Zhao Youzhen blurted out the answer, "You don't have to contact superstars. There are so many musicians in their lineup, and at least a few of them will want to change managers. From a legal perspective

It’s not that difficult to say…wait a minute, you should already have a plan.”

Zhao Youzhen's scrutinizing eyes hit Han Yi's face like a searchlight.

"I can think of it all, there's no reason why you can't think of it."

"You think so highly of me?" Zhao Youzhen's words were not a normal compliment, but they made Han Yi extremely happy.

"From the time we met until now, I have never seen you do anything unprepared." Zhao Youzhen pushed his hair back and said softly.

"There are too many uncertainties in this world, so you have to prepare in advance... I have been scared." Han Yi shrugged noncommittally, "Even if you didn't talk about this topic, I was going to talk to you.

.I do have a list of artists I want to contact next. Some are in UTA, some are not."

"I'm ready." The girl folded her hands and placed them on her chin, nodding and smiling.

"The first one is my favorite band..."

When talking about this topic, Han Yi seemed a little excited. He licked his lips before continuing.

"Paramore."

(End of chapter)