Entertainment: I just want to be the boss behind the scenes

Chapter 336: A New Girl Group Put Together

Yang Chaoyue struggled for a long time over the two options proposed by Meng Bai.

In addition to being at a loss about her future path, she also had another concern: money.

Although she had worked at Arc Light for a year and received a good salary, most of it was transferred to her father to supplement the family income, so she did not actually have much savings.

No matter what she chooses, she will definitely have to quit her current front desk job, and Huguang has no reason to pay her anymore.

So before she thinks about the future, she has to think about how to survive now.

What Yang Chaoyue didn't expect was that what ultimately helped her make the decision was a "generous" subsidy contract.

Taiyang Chuanhe, CEO's office.

Yang Ming looked at Yang Chaoyue, who was standing behind Meng Bai with a timid look on her face, and said with a smile, "Is this the girl you told me about on the phone?"

"Yeah." Meng Bai leaned back casually on the sofa. "What do you think?"

"She's a pretty girl. Judging from the idol's standards, there's nothing wrong with her."

Yang Ming looked at Yang Chaoyue: "Yang Chaoyue, right? President Meng has told me about your situation. We also happen to have a group of new girls here. You can give it a try."

After that, he took out a document from his side and said, "This is your new employee contract. The contract period is seven years. After signing, you need to participate in team training such as dance and vocal music as well as possible live performances according to the company's requirements. As for the salary, the company provides food and accommodation, and also pays 2000 yuan per month for practice subsidies."

"As for the income sharing, during the rookie period, it's 80% for me and 80% for the company - of course, there won't be much income in general. Because the main goal now is Tencent Video's girl group project next year, so the rookie period is limited to the program. If you fail, you will follow the same contract as other rookies. If you succeed, we can discuss the specific share of treatment and so on."

Yang Ming pushed the contract over: "See if there are any other requirements or doubts."

Yang Chaoyue picked up the contract and flipped through it. It was a very thick contract and he could not understand it at all. The only thing he could be sure of was that "food and accommodation included" and "2000 yuan per month" were written in it.

She didn't look at each one carefully, but looked at Meng Bai who was sitting next to her.

Seeing him nod slightly, the little girl finally felt relieved. She picked up the pen on the table and signed her name without hesitation.

"OK, welcome to join Taiyang Chuanhe."

Yang Ming stood up and said to Yang Chaoyue with a smile, then said: "Let's go, I'll take you to meet your teammates today."

After saying that, he looked at Meng Bai again: "What do you mean, Director Meng, do you want to see our new people?"

Meng Bai naturally would not refuse, so he stood up and walked towards the meeting room downstairs.

"By the way, when did the company have a girl group? Why haven't I heard you mention it before?"

"It was just announced last week." Yang Ming spread his hands. "Tencent Video's girl group project has started recruiting. It just so happens that the company has signed a few new girls this year, so we can just get together and give it a try."

Meng Bai suddenly realized that this guy had never thought about forming a girl group, but simply treated "Creation 101" as a variety show with an indefinite number of participation episodes.

It is best to select the best of these newcomers, and if you select a lot, they can get more exposure and popularity, and then you can continue on the original path.

"By the way, don't leave in a hurry after you see the people. I have something to discuss with you." Yang Ming said.

Meng Bai was puzzled: "What's the matter?"

"It's a long story, I'll tell you later."

"Row."

The group took the elevator downstairs and pushed open the door of the conference room. There were already quite a few people sitting in the room.

At the front of the conference room were three young girls.

This should be the newcomer in the company that Yang Ming mentioned, Meng Bai said in his heart as he looked at them.

But judging from the great distance between them and the unfamiliarity between them, it seemed that they were indeed put together temporarily.

But it’s not bad for Yang Chaoyue, at least it’s better than suddenly joining a small group where everyone is already close.

Glancing at Yang Chaoyue who looked a little confused beside him, it’s hard to say what other abilities this girl has, but her luck is really good.

Yang Ming first introduced Meng Bai's identity to the people in the room. When they heard that he was the second largest shareholder of the company, they immediately became more respectful. When they heard that he was the boss of Arclight Films, they all exclaimed in amazement.

Yang Ming ignored their whispered discussions and pointed at the three girls in the front row and said, "These girls are the newcomers we signed recently. From left to right, they are Hu Linxi, Hanikz, and Zhao Xiaotang."

Meng Bai looked over as he introduced her. Hu Linxi was a girl with a somewhat classical temperament and an upright posture. It was obvious that she had many years of dance skills. She was also the captain of this "temporary girl group".

Next to her is a girl with a Western style. It is true that Hanikz is an XJ girl, just like two other young actresses with similar names.

Unlike the other two, she is actually a new artist signed by Chen He. She was also pushed in to see if she could get a debut spot because of Tencent's girl group project.

After all, her unique exotic style is quite eye-catching in a girl group.

As for the last girl, Zhao Xiaotang, she looked a little cold when she didn't make any expression, exuding a cool and aloof vibe. She was born in 97, one year younger than the previous two.

But now with the addition of Yang Chaoyue, she is no longer the youngest.

Yang Ming asked Yang Chaoyue to stand over and then introduced the other three people.

When they heard that she was from Arc Light, the three girls were stunned for a moment, but did not react much.

Although they were all newcomers who had signed contracts not long ago, they had all heard from their agents about some of the power divisions within the company.

Today's Taiyang Chuanhe is roughly divided into four factions.

One is that first-line artists like Yang Tianbao and Zhou Dongyu, who are already very popular, basically have their own independent studios, and they only follow orders from the company and not its announcements.

The second is the newcomers signed by Yang Ming himself, as well as some second- and third-tier artists who have joined in the past two years, such as Zhang Junning who signed last year, Zhang Songwen, Zhang Xiaolong, and Yin Zheng who signed this year.

The third is Taiyang Chuanhe’s unique MCN business, which is centered on the internet celebrity account “Papi Jiang” jointly created by Yang Ming, Jiang Yilei and Huo Nifang, and mainly operates the “internet celebrity economy”.

Finally, there is the unique “Arc Light School”, which mainly consists of people like Zhang Ruoyun, Bai Yu, and Li Yitong.

Although the "Arc Light Series" are a group of young artists, they have been quite popular in recent years and are considered the "backbone" of Taiyang Chuanhe.

Looking at the four girls standing together, one is classical, the other is exotic, the other is cool and cute. They have four different styles and they don't look like they are together.

Let’s look at the name of the group, TCG, which is simply the abbreviation of “Taiyang Chuanhe Girls”.

It can be said that the entire team exudes a sense of casualness from top to bottom.

Yang Ming didn't really care about this: "I asked Tencent Video, the planning of this "Produce 101" is learned from the Korean version of "Produce 101". The final selection is made by the individual members, and has nothing to do with the previous group, so there is no need to force them to be a complete group."

"Alright, I've handed the person over to you anyway, just watch over him."

On the other side, Yang Chaoyue also said hello to his three "teammates". In the next six months, they will work together, and he will no longer have anything to do with Arclight Films.

It was not until this moment that she suddenly reacted. A feeling of separation suddenly arose in her heart and her eyes immediately became red again.

Her first job after coming to Beijing North was at Arc Light. The company atmosphere was very good and her colleagues were very caring towards her. Although it was a bit busy, it was a world of difference compared to her previous job.

It was precisely because of this that she felt particularly uncomfortable emotionally.

"Why didn't I notice before that you like to cry?" Meng Bai walked up to her and said.

Yang Chaoyue looked at him with tearful eyes and said softly, "Boss..."

"Okay, okay, people always have to move forward, don't they?" Meng Bai said: "Or think about it this way, you were actually sent here on a business trip by Arc Light, will it make you feel better?" Yang Chaoyue blinked her eyes, and she seemed to feel a lot more comfortable.

Besides, Meng Bai is also a shareholder of Taiyang Chuanhe, so he is essentially working under the boss.

Thinking about it this way, it doesn’t feel so bad anymore.

"Okay, the boss will take you here. The road ahead depends on you." Meng Bai looked at her and smiled, "Come on, Chaoyue."

"Thank you, boss. I will definitely work hard." Yang Chaoyue raised his little fist and said with full momentum.

……

After giving a few instructions, the staff member took the girls away, and Meng Bai followed Yang Ming back to the office.

After chatting for a while, a middle-aged man wearing glasses knocked on the door and walked in.

"Hey, Lao Wang, I've been waiting for you." Yang Ming invited the other party to sit down.

The man called "Lao Wang" is called Wang Haiping. He is one of the four senior executives founding Taiyang Chuanhe and the chief strategy officer. He is responsible for the company's overall strategic planning and operational structure and is considered the second-in-command of the company.

As soon as he saw him come in, Meng Bai immediately understood that what Yang Ming wanted to discuss with him must be not simple.

The truth was exactly what he thought.

"Mr. Meng, have you heard of the American CAA company?" Wang Haiping asked.

Meng Bai nodded: "I've heard of it. It's the world's largest entertainment and film industry agency."

The most unique advantage of CAA is their original "packaged" service model. Unlike the "point-to-point" working relationship between agents and artists in the traditional film and television industry, it is a complete packaging, promotion and public relations team.

In fact, the "artist studio" that has been popular in China in recent years is very similar to the "CAA model". The only difference is that the former are independent of each other, while the latter has a unified control platform.

CAA also entered the Chinese market a few years ago, but it still used the American system, which was not compatible with the style of domestic entertainment.

However, this model has also brought some new ideas to the mainland film and television industry. Many newly established brokerage companies imitate the CAA structure and add some local innovations.

The most famous of these is "Yi Xin Entertainment" founded by Fan Qiaoqiao's former agent Yang Tianzhen.

Taiyang Chuanhe was spun off from Huayi, so when it was first established, it still maintained the traditional brokerage model.

However, with the rapid expansion in recent years, the traditional model has become somewhat ineffective, so Wang Haiping proposed to update the company's structural model and reform it in the same way as CAA.

Yang Ming, the company's CEO, believes that the current model is not yet at the point where it must be changed. Adjusting the company structure hastily may cause even bigger problems.

After all, even CAA itself has suffered losses in the domestic entertainment market, proving that this model is not a universal rule.

Neither of them could convince the other, so they could only continue to expand the discussion group.

Among the company's shareholders, Huang Xiaoming has his own company, so he doesn't pay much attention to Taiyang Chuanhe. As for the several institutions involved in the financing, they are also only concerned with profit accounts and not daily operations.

Therefore, the only one who still has the right to say is Arc Light, the "number two shareholder".

"What's the point of just guessing?" Meng Bai said, "Comrade Desheng taught us that practice is the only criterion for testing truth."

"How to say?"

"Open up a separate sub-brand and do a pilot with the new model." Meng Bai said: "If the performance is good, then promote it. If the effect is not good or there is no change, then study it further."

Yang Ming and Wang Haiping looked at each other, and their eyes lit up.

Indeed, the company model is just a theory if they think about it by themselves. If they really want to see if it works, they still have to try it out.

Moreover, due to the expansion of the company, there are now many artists under the company, and management has become a bit overwhelmed. Establishing a new label to divert some people out can just solve this problem.

Yang Ming also thought of one thing in his mind, that is, Taiyang Chuanhe’s film and television, artist management, and internet celebrity MCN sectors are now all together, and they are interfering with each other. It would be better to take advantage of this opportunity to make them all independent.

This can be said to kill three birds with one stone.

He smiled complacently and said that it would be useful to bring Meng Baila to discuss the matter. When three men get together, there will always be one who has the best ideas.

Yang Ming and his team acted quickly and soon came up with a new plan.

First, Taiyang Chuanhe will set up two sub-labels, Papitubi and Taiyang Hengxing. The former will focus on MCN-type online celebrity business, while the latter will be a pilot of the new model, and a group of new actors under its original label will also be let go.

By the way, the "TCG" group that Yang Chaoyue and her friends had just formed was also managed by the newly established Taiyang Star.

The changes in Taiyang Chuanhe did not have much impact on Arc Light. After all, the people were still the same, so they could just call for help when needed.

As for Yang Chaoyue's departure, it actually served as an incentive for ArcLight's employees.

After all, everyone in the company knew that this girl had the opportunity to transform from a front desk girl into a "quasi-artist" trainee because she won the special prize at the annual meeting.

Although luck and appearance play a greater role here, it also proves that the big boss Meng Bai is not just making empty promises to them, but really does what he says.

In this case, there is nothing to say, just work harder. Even if you don't win any special prizes, the year-end bonus is real.

The only one who had a bit of a headache was the head of the human resources department, because she had to recruit a new receptionist.

Fortunately, this time, President Meng did not ask for appearance or anything like that, he just said that it was okay as long as she looked acceptable.

Yes, Huguang is a film and television company, with so many crews and directors coming and going. If they find another pretty one, sooner or later they will become an artist like Yang Chaoyue.

……

With more than a month left until the end of the year, ArcLight has begun to speed up the completion of the planning projects formulated at the beginning of the year.

Chen Sicheng has already taken the crew to New York to start filming the movie "Detective Chinatown 2". As for the online drama, Arclight has also started preparing for the project.

As a spin-off of the movie, the "Detective Chinatown" web drama has a very short plot, with only 10 episodes in total.

The story is still set in Bangkok, but the protagonist is replaced by Tang Ren's apprentice "Lin Mo". The character is an orphan with a keen sense of smell who witnessed his parents being killed since childhood and has an adopted sister.

As for the heroine "IVY", she is the owner of a flower shop in Bangkok and also the suspect in the first case in the play. Behind her, there is a mysterious organization hidden.

Of course, if you are an old viewer of the "Green Ivy Series", you will immediately understand that this so-called "mysterious organization" must be Q again.

Because the main purpose of the web drama version is to introduce the concept of the "Global Detective Alliance" and the detective community "Crimaster", only two cases are arranged in the plot.

The script of this web drama is the same as the movie. Meng Bai only made a framework outline, and the rest was handed over to the screenwriter department of ArcLight to perfect.

After all, his career is getting bigger and bigger, and he needs to pay attention to more and more things. He no longer has much time to polish the script on his own.

The heroine IVY of the online drama "Detective Chinatown" was chosen to be Zhang Junning. After all, she is from Taiyang Chuanhe and it was an internal recommendation.

As for the male lead, it is an actor named Zhu Yilong. He is not a newcomer, but his popularity has never been high, but his image is very suitable.

In addition, Wang Baoqiang and Liu Haoran will also make cameo appearances to maintain linkage with the movie.

Almost all the projects to be filmed have been launched, and the only thing left is the negotiation between "Peace Hotel" and the TV station.

Liu Jun has been in charge of this matter. Meng Bai was just about to ask him how the talks with the TV station were going, but he didn't expect this old man to come to him first.

And judging from his expression, he seemed to be in some trouble.

(End of this chapter)