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Chapter 147 I'm Amazing! So Cool! [46 Updates]

"hiss--"

Liao Jun couldn't help but gasp.

When facing an opponent who is much larger than themselves, others feel immense pressure and try to avoid conflict if possible.

Xia Shen, on the other hand, took the initiative to greet them and even went out of his way to cause trouble.

This is outrageous.

He really wanted to advise Xia Shen to calm down.

However, Xia Shen seemed to have sensed Liao Jun's thoughts and said directly, "Actually, given the current situation, think carefully, do we still have any room for maneuver with the other side?"

"No." Liao Jun shook his head.

Indeed, the current sparks between Deep Space Entertainment and Xidie Entertainment have completely gone beyond the normal range, and the two sides are now on opposite sides.

After all, it all started during the visual effects culture era, and the friction between the two sides had become unavoidable.

Xia Shen laughed and said, "Isn't that the end of it? Since the conflict is irreconcilable and our two companies are still complete competitors with highly overlapping businesses in the industry, future conflicts are inevitable. Rather than waiting for our business to take off and then the other party suddenly throws a stick at us and catches us off guard."

So why can't we take the initiative?

"!!!"

Liao Jun was surprised to hear this.

Damn, that makes sense!
Previously, he had been immersed in the fear that the other party had instilled in him. After all, when he faced the pressure from the wealthy family alone, he had personally experienced that sense of powerlessness.

So when he faces Xidie now, he still thinks of the feeling of being beaten down and having no power to fight back, and instinctively thinks of retreating.

But now that I think about it carefully, Xia Shen is right. Retreating is no longer a viable option, and the conflict is irreconcilable.

Therefore, taking the initiative is also a good option.

At this moment, Liao Jun couldn't help but sigh, "It's all thanks to you. If only I had resources like yours back then..."

He didn't say anything more, because even if he didn't say it, the meaning was already very clear.

At that time, he could only face the pressure from Xi Die alone.

When faced with his artists wanting to transition to a high-quality image, he had no good solutions and ultimately had to rely on external forces to help them use their accumulated resources to achieve this goal, which benefited the entire company.

Xia Shen has now separated and established his own company.

A wealthy family came to offer their congratulations.

It is associated with China's largest online entertainment company.

Even major international industrial companies sent flower baskets and monetary gifts.

In the blink of an eye, Xia Shen's resources had long surpassed those of Xia Shen.

Xia Shen smiled in response to Liao Jun's感慨 (sentiments/reflections): "But I got where I am today by relying on the visual effects culture's Lingtai, didn't I? If visual effects hadn't provided me with a platform, would I have gotten to where I am today? Would I have accumulated all these resources?"

"Mutual benefit?" Liao Jun smiled, seemingly understanding Xia Shen's meaning.

“Yes, we complement each other.” Xia Shen nodded.

"Thank you." Liao Jun took a deep breath and said, "I will manage deep space well, because this is also a cause that belongs to us all."

Sometimes, saying just this much is enough, because often a smile exchanged between two people, and the light in their eyes, is enough to convey the weight of the message.

This is what is known as revolutionary friendship.

Next, with the company working at full speed, the framework was officially completed in a very fast manner.

With the overall framework fully completed, Liao Jun quickly brought a new "target" for the artists, following Xia Shen's special "instructions".

This is Xia Shen's purpose. Regarding artists, it's not just them who need them. Giants like Xidie have numerous departments and a huge scale, so their demand for fresh blood is also constant.

So, compared to the excellent candidates that others have painstakingly selected using their industry's best resources, the answer is obvious.

Why would they go through all that trouble to find it themselves?

There's no need for that! Just copy the homework all you want and you're done!
For example, right now, Xia Shen is holding a list in his hand.

"This is the list of outstanding artists from Xidie's second-tier subsidiaries this quarter. They are six artists from Xidie Sky and Eternal Studio. Based on our assessment, there is a very high chance that they will be directly transferred to Xidie headquarters and receive intensive training."

Liao Jun provided a list.

"I'll take a look."

Xia Shen took the list and glanced at it.

Suddenly his eyes lit up.

Wow! You can only say that this is the kind of talent that a big company invests resources to cultivate.

The list he had in his hand consisted entirely of people with formal musical training, from the Shenyang Conservatory of Music, the Sichuan Conservatory of Music, and the Chinese Conservatory of Music, to even his alma mater, the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.

Three of them are particularly noteworthy, all of whom received an S-level rating within the company.

First is a musician named Li Yunhe, who is famous for singing R&B. In the three years since his debut, he has already accumulated a large number of fans. He has certain creative abilities, and his singing skills are not only qualified, but also his image is good.

Then there's a girl, Tang Lele, who started as an independent musician before joining Xidie's Sky Studio. After signing with them, she released a series of works and achieved some success. Finally, there's a group, or you could say a rock band.

This band is quite remarkable; surprisingly, they're all middle-aged.

To be honest, the formation of this band was also an accident. The members are basically all middle-aged people from all walks of life, and they do all sorts of things.

There were vendors selling kebabs, wedding emcees, bricklayers, and even funeral parlor workers.

This group of people, who published some works on the Internet in the form of independent accounts in their early years, came together because of their special meaning. A group of middle-aged people who were at odds with society, ordinary people from all walks of life, came together because of their rock and roll dreams.

These groups naturally generate a certain amount of discussion, so their popularity accumulates very quickly.

However, since rock music has largely disappeared in China, its popularity is limited to a small area.

These three individuals/groups are the ones Xia Shen is most concerned about, have the highest potential, and are most worthy of cultivation.

"Wow, Lao Liao, that's fast! Where did you get this list?" Xia Shen asked.

He hadn't expected Liao Jun to be so fast; he'd gotten what he wanted in such a short time.

"Old Chen got it through some underhanded means," Liao Jun said. "Just a straightforward business battle."

"What business war?" Xia Shen didn't get it for a moment.

"They threw money at us," Liao Jun said. "They poached someone else's employees and brought them here, then poured boiling water on their money tree before they left."

Xia Shen: "6!"

But how should I put it? As long as it works, that's fine.

He looked at the list again; of course, it was a list of six people, but he only looked at the three.

As for the remaining three, we will not consider them, firstly because their business capabilities did not reach the S rating.

Secondly, there is overlap in types.

It's likely that Xi Die, with her large and powerful family, didn't want to put all her eggs in one basket, hence the differentiation. She wanted to cultivate them simultaneously, and there was also a hint of wanting to raise poisonous insects.

However, for Deep Space Entertainment, this kind of operation is unnecessary.

He doesn't want to raise poisonous insects; he only wants to specialize.

“I will personally make contact,” Xia Shen said.

He doesn't intend to delegate the relevant matters to others.

All I can say is that having intelligence makes doing things efficient.

The next day, Xia Shen successfully met the person.

The first step, naturally, is to make contact individually.

Then, these artists all showed extreme surprise at his arrival.

After all, Xia Shen is like a big shot to most artists now. He is the first Chinese person to be ranked in the world's top 100, the first Chinese citizen to perform on the Ultra main stage, and the producer of the King of Singers group, a title spontaneously bestowed by fans of the wildly popular "Singer 2026".

Then, Xia Shen immediately explained his purpose to them and presented the contract.

His main selling point is sincerity!
The contract Deep Space gives to its artists is similar to the one he signed with Visual Effects. Regarding copyright issues, as long as the artist writes the song himself, the company will not restrict the copyright, and the copyright belongs to the artist.

Only songs provided by the company are copyrighted by the company.

After all, Xia Shen himself came from this position, and he knows all too well what these artists who are struggling at the bottom and have dreams are thinking.

They can also understand what ownership of their own works truly means to them.

Because he had walked the path he had walked before, having once been a dragon slayer, he did not want to become a dragon himself.

There was only one clause: the company would have mandatory notification targets. This clause in the contract was slightly different from what he had agreed upon at the time.

As for the profit sharing, it's also 50%.

Therefore, Xia Shen did not encounter any obstacles at all.

"Sign! Sign it right now!"

"I'm going to be a deep space dweller from now on!"

Li Yunhe and Tang Lele signed the contract without any hesitation.

As for that band, it was even more outrageous. Several middle-aged men were almost in tears, saying they could immediately go to Deep Space Entertainment to complete their onboarding process.

For no particular reason, it's just that compared to Xi Die's contract, Xia Shen's Deep Space contract is practically like doing charity!
They truly witnessed the company's respect for its artists.

So what is there to hesitate about?

So when Ai Xin Hengsheng heard from his assistant that three of the best S-class seedlings out of the six groups of seedlings cultivated by the company had been poached by Deep Space, he was almost dumbfounded.

Not
Holy crap, there are cows too?!

Isn't this a form of NTR?

"Xia Shen!!!!" Ai Xin Hengsheng immediately lost his temper and roared.

(End of this chapter)