novelraw Chapter 28 If I had been more accomplished in my youth...
Chapter 28 If I had been more accomplished in my youth...
GOGO New World, Four Seasons Cinema.
A car drove up from a distance and stopped, but the doors remained closed for several minutes.
From the driver's seat, Deng Nan turned her head to look at Li Shen and found that his eyes were vacant and he seemed lost in thought.
After a long while, Li Shen finally came to his senses.
"Have we arrived? Sorry, I was just spacing out. Thank you, Sister Nan." Li Shen said, unbuckled his seatbelt, opened the door, and got out of the car.
Deng Nan hummed in response. She didn't leave immediately, but instead watched Li Shen's departing figure through the car window, her eyes slightly narrowed.
A moment later, after Li Shen had walked away, Deng Nan took out her phone and dialed a number saved as her cousin.
The call was answered quickly.
"Hey, cousin."
After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Deng Nan got down to business and asked:
"What's wrong with you two? He's been acting strange ever since he went back to his hometown last time. He's seemed really preoccupied these past few days."
"It's nothing..." Deng Nan's cousin said weakly, looking like she didn't want to talk about it.
"Why are you two like this?" Deng Nan sighed and rubbed her forehead. "Fine, I'll ignore you two. Just wanted to let you know that Li Shen's new song will be released this Thursday, and he'll be on a Tencent Video variety show called 'Detective Challenge' afterwards."
"Thank you, cousin."
Upstairs, Li Shen returned to his apartment. He went straight to the bed and lay down, staring blankly at the ceiling.
A moment later, he took out his phone and opened the private photo album.
The photos are densely packed with pictures of a man and a woman together, as well as a picture of a girl, covering her life from school to the workplace.
And at the very top, a solo wedding photo.
Li Shen's gaze remained fixed on the photograph, lost in thought for a long time.
"Li Shen, I'm almost thirty. When are you going to marry me?"
Wenwen, I want to marry you too, I really do.
But I'm afraid I'll hold you back.
If I had been successful in my youth...
A few days later, Li Shen's new song "Joyful Face" was exclusively released on NetEase Cloud Music.
With the support of Songshi Records, "Huan Yan" quickly climbed the new song charts thanks to its good quality.
However, it only made it to the middle of the new song chart.
This is quite an achievement for a singer with some fame, and it met the expectations of Songshi Records.
...
Earth Office.
"Sister Nuan Nuan, are you saying that your brother-in-law bought all the recording rights for your recordings on Xinghuo?!" Gu Xiaoyu jumped up from her chair, looking extremely excited.
"Mm." Yu Nuannuan nodded with a smile.
"That's great!" Gu Xiaoyu exclaimed excitedly. She picked up her tablet, opened her email, and showed it to Yu Nuannuan.
"Look, Sister Nuan Nuan, you've got so many commercial performance invitations this month. It was inconvenient before because you didn't have the recording copyright, but now it's no problem."
(Due to lack of recording rights, only live band accompaniment was available.)
Gu Xiaoyu paused, then looked at Yu Nuannuan expectantly.
The agent's income is linked to the artist's income; the more Yu Nuannuan earns, the more she earns.
"What are you talking about?"
At this moment, Lin Yi walked over.
Gu Xiaoyu then turned her gaze to Lin Yi.
"President Lin, Sister Nuannuan has received many commercial performance invitations lately. Could we perhaps select some to take on? This would increase her exposure and also..."
She paused, not directly mentioning increasing income, but the meaning was clear.
"Let me see." Lin Yi took the tablet.
He understood what Gu Xiaoyu meant. Yu Nuannuan was now experiencing a career resurgence thanks to her new song and needed continuous exposure to maintain her popularity.
Lin Yi quickly marked a large area on the tablet.
"Mr. Lin, there's no need for so much, Sister Nuannuan is too busy..."
"What are you thinking about?" Lin Yi said, selecting and deleting with one click, leaving only a handful of emails in his inbox.
"From now on, Nuannuan will mainly accept gigs for variety concerts and music festivals. She will no longer accept gigs for corporate anniversaries, opening ceremonies, or pre-show events for shopping malls/real estate developments."
There are many intricacies involved in a singer's commercial performances.
Yu Nuannuan dislikes commercial performances, mainly because she dislikes the latter types that are geared towards businesses and merchants.
These commercial performances often have rudimentary venues, unstable on-site order, and various other problems.
The first two are mainly aimed at fans, with larger stages and more standardized procedures, allowing singers to maintain exposure and perform respectably.
Yu Nuannuan not only doesn't reject either of them, but she likes them very much and enjoys them.
"Nuan Nuan, see if there's anything you're interested in," Lin Yi said, pointing to the screen.
Yu Nuannuan smiled and took the screen. After carefully reviewing it, she decided on a variety show concert and two music festivals.
These three events are scheduled at different times, one per week.
"Okay, I'll reply to the organizers later." Gu Xiaoyu took back the tablet and quickly made a note of it. Then she pulled up another document.
"We currently have two brand ambassadors in contact with us, and their intentions are quite clear. Moreover, the brand image aligns well with Sister Nuannuan's."
"One is the domestic tea brand 'Snow City', which recently launched a new 'thick taro milk tea'."
Another is the headphone series from the audio equipment brand "Tianlai".
Lin Yi carefully reviewed the information and preliminary cooperation plan of the two brands.
Snow City is a national-level tea beverage brand that focuses on extreme cost-effectiveness and has a wide user base.
Becoming the spokesperson for Snow City can effectively increase Yu Nuannuan's popularity among the public.
Tianlai, on the other hand, is more geared towards professional music groups, which can solidify Yu Nuannuan's position as a powerful singer.
The two complement each other, and their brand image does not conflict with Yu Nuannuan's current image and development direction.
Lin Yi looked at Yu Nuannuan, and after seeing her nod, he said to Gu Xiaoyu, "We can proceed."
"Okay, Mr. Lin," Gu Xiaoyu replied with great enthusiasm.
"Oh, and don't forget to bring security when you go on your business trip," Lin Yi said, turning back to remind him as he got up and walked toward his office.
Earth Studio has expanded its recruitment recently, mainly for finance, legal, and security personnel.
Yu Nuannuan blushed, and Lin Yi was worried about her and Gu Xiaoyu running around alone.
...
In Lin Yi's office, his former assistant, Fu Mingyang, had already prepared the materials for his report.
Why a former assistant?
The answer is obvious: he got promoted.
"We've received a data analysis report from Tencent regarding 'Detective X' in overseas markets," Manager Fu said after Lin Yi had settled in, gesturing for him to look at the documents on the desktop.
"Hmm," Lin Yi responded, picking up the document and carefully flipping through it.
Once outside of Xia Kingdom, Tencent Video's influence plummeted, and the promotional resources for "Detective X" were also downgraded.
However, after three episodes aired and more than half a month of buzz, "Detective X" still managed to create a stir in the overseas market thanks to its high quality.
First, in Asia, where the Xia Kingdom has the greatest influence.
On Tencent Video (international version), "Detective X" has accumulated over 100 million views across various Asian countries.
Well, this data is just passing grade in the domestic market, but it's undoubtedly a blockbuster in overseas markets.
Its influence is almost equivalent to more than one billion views on domestic platforms.
The reason lies in their respective user groups.