novelraw Chapter 5: A Stunning Debut, Job Title Announced
Chapter 5: A Stunning Debut, Job Title Announced
The next day, Tang Lou reported to the Hangzhou Business Department of Coolcat.
The HR department had already arranged an office for him. After arriving at the company, Huang Ye from the HR department led him to a private office.
"Tanglou, this is your office. President Shen has arranged for you to temporarily serve as the assistant to Shen Jiamin, the director of variety show production. I'll show you around in a bit so you can get to know your colleagues."
"In addition, there is a meeting this morning to discuss 'Produce 101'. President Shen will specifically introduce your upcoming work arrangements and responsibilities to everyone. The meeting will also discuss the preparation of the program, so please prepare in advance."
President Shen gave specific instructions, and after hearing Huang Ye's instructions, Tang Lou also began to prepare his speech.
Today's first appearance is very important, and I must demonstrate my strength.
Soon after, colleagues from the logistics department arrived and set up computers and other equipment for the Tanglou building.
At nine o'clock, Huang Ye came over and showed Tang Lou around the business department, introducing him to him.
The colleagues in the business unit were also very curious about Tang Lou's joining the company. There must be something going on about him joining at this time.
Sure enough, at 9:30, President Shen called all the colleagues involved in variety show production over for a meeting.
General Manager Shen, Content Business Manager Tan, Variety Show Production Director Shen Jiamin, and other relevant planning specialists, editors, and content professionals were all present.
After the meeting began, General Manager Shen immediately announced the arrangements for the tenement building.
"Next, our team will focus on preparing for a new project: a self-produced variety show based on 'Produce 101'."
"I have already arranged for Finance Manager Huang to submit the funding application, and the group headquarters has just allocated the first installment of 2000 million."
"Therefore, this project will be our highest priority going forward, and we will spare no expense to develop it to the highest standard."
"Next, I will announce the personnel appointments for this project."
"Shen Jiamin, the production director of variety shows, is in charge of the project department and oversees the entire project."
"Our new colleague, Tang Lou, will serve as Director Shen's assistant, and will also be the project's editor-in-chief and chief planner."
"Tang Lou was the one who created the plan for this 'Produce 101', so he will be involved in signing guest contracts and building the production team, including the director team, the scriptwriting team, and the camera team."
With the addition of advanced future concepts, Tang Lou maintained the initiative throughout the discussion, and his casual remarks were always eye-opening for the attending colleagues.
Shen Yan barely spoke during the meeting, instead observing Tang Lou's behavior and the reactions of the others.
The result, of course, was extremely satisfactory to him; it was unexpectedly perfect.
Originally, Shen Yan was worried that his stubbornness would cause others to disagree with his plan, and that he would not be able to fully cooperate with Tang Lou afterward.
However, by the end of the meeting, these colleagues had long been impressed by Tang Lou's talent.
As soon as the meeting ended, colleagues came up to chat with Tang Lou and exchange contact information.
"Assistant Tang, you're really amazing. Such a novel program, designed with such thoroughness and detail, I'm impressed."
"Assistant Tang, you're amazing! During this meeting, I thought you were introducing a successful variety show. I've actually seen the show's phenomenal success."
"That's right, Assistant Tang. We will all cooperate with you to produce this variety show."
"If it really happens, it will definitely be a shining star in the history of variety shows!"
Everyone left the meeting room full of anticipation.
The investment of 20 million was approved right away, and everyone saw the potential and importance attached to this project.
If this project succeeds, the team members will definitely be promoted and receive at least six months' bonus! This kind of opportunity is very rare.
The project team officially started work the next day.
The first step is the selection of relevant personnel.
Shen Jiamin, director Liang Long, executive director Qian Xiaodong, and Tang Lou participated in the selection of mentor members.
"Tanglou, do you have any recommendations?"
After all, Tang Lou planned the show, so his opinion is very important.
With the successful case from the previous life as a reference, Tang Lou only needed to follow the clues.
Although this list of mentors includes a time management master who will later become a mentor, this is only 2015, and there shouldn't be any major problems using him so far.
After some thought, Tang Lou offered his suggestion:
"First of all, our program needs a core host, and I recommend Huang Zitao."
According to his memories from his previous life, Huang Zitao will terminate his contract with SM Entertainment in South Korea next April and become one of the four famous EXO members who returned to China.
2015 was definitely the most struggling and darkest year for Huang Zitao. At this time, contacting him and inviting him was the best opportunity to extend a lifeline to him.
Next, he will release his first solo digital album "TAO", and will also win the CCTV Global Chinese Music Chart Weekly Champion twice this year, which will completely establish his music reputation after returning to China.
Including Huang Zitao in the program at this time will definitely become a major highlight of the show.
Upon hearing Tang Lou's suggestion, several project team members were somewhat incredulous.
"Tang Lou, you're not kidding about this choice, are you? Huang Zitao is still with SM Entertainment, so it's impossible for her to return to Korea to participate in variety show recordings."
"Of course, if we can persuade Hwang Ja-tao of EXO, he will definitely be a top influencer. And as a member of a top boy group, Hwang Ja-tao's professional skills are beyond doubt."
When several people questioned him, Tang Lou said confidently, "Director Shen, you just need to arrange for someone to make contact, and I guarantee that Huang Zitao will be very willing to accept the invitation."
According to his memories from his previous life, Huang Zitao was about to be exposed for terminating his contract and was worried about how to make a name for himself after returning to China. He couldn't possibly miss this self-produced variety show by Coolcat, which was backed by Alibaba and could fully showcase his singing and dancing talents as a former boy band member.
Shen Jiamin and his companions were skeptical of Tang Lou's confident assertions.
"In addition, we need a singer-songwriter mentor. I recommend Hu Yanbing, who has outstanding songwriting ability and unparalleled arrangement ability."
Everyone was in agreement on Hu Yanbing's selection and made the first decision.
Tang Lou chose Hu Yanbing for another reason: according to the current progress, when the show airs, news of Hu Yanbing and Zheng Shuang's relationship can be revealed, which will definitely generate a lot of buzz.
"Next is the selection of dance instructors. I recommend two people: Show Lo and Zhang Yixing."
Tang Lou had his reasons for choosing these two people.