Becoming a Global Superstar Starting as an Idol Trainee

Beijing Film Academy officially started school on February 28, and there is still a week to go.

Chen Minhao stayed at home, so he took a vacation for himself.

However, he was not completely idle. He used this spare time to watch several classic movies recommended by Teacher Beiying.

On Douban, he used a trumpet to write thousands of words of movie reviews for each movie.

In addition, Chen Minhao roughly planned the departments of the studio and the reward and punishment system.

Chen Minhao had never started a company in his previous life, but his experience as an intern in a law firm allowed him, who had never eaten pork, to see how pigs run.

After the studio is formally established, Chen Minhao does not intend to participate in specific management, but he believes that he needs to formulate some rules and regulations to promote the improvement of studio management efficiency.

For some bottom line issues of principle, it is necessary to clarify the red line in advance, prevent erroneous progress, and manage toughly when problems arise.

For some high-line problems, we must make the best use of the situation.

Whether a studio has a sufficient amount of funds is very important.

When the contract period between Chen Minhao and Shenmeng ended, the resources he could use to rely on Shenmeng would be completely gone. Although he has Kang Hui, Kang Hui alone can stand up to thousands of troops.

But it's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice. If there is no money in the account, even if Kang Hui is capable, some work will be difficult to carry out.

Chen Minhao calculated the funds he could use, and the main sources were two parts.

The first part is the 50 million invested by Wu Xiaoshuang's father Wu Hanji, this is the big one.

The second part is the 23 million earned by Chen Minhao before.

These two parts are almost 73 million in total, and Chen Minhao deposits the money in financial products and financial derivatives with different interest rates and liquidity according to the ratio of 5:3:2.

The interest rates of the products Chen Minhao chose are not particularly high, but the advantage lies in safety, and there is no risk of P2P mine explosion.

Seeing the money, Chen Minhao felt a little relieved, after all, in this world, opportunities are always reserved for those who have money.

Chen Minhao stretched, and just when he was about to continue working at his desk, the phone rang. Chen Minhao took a look and saw that it was Zhang Jianzhang, the CEO of Shenmeng.

Chen Minhao pressed the connect button and put on the bluetooth headset.

"Hey, Mr. Zhang, what's the matter with you?"

Zhang Jianzhang's hearty laughter came from the earphones.

"Xiao Chen, let's meet for dinner when you are free?"

Chen Minhao originally wanted to say, if you have anything to do, please contact my agent.

But after he thought about it, he decided to forget it. After all, Zhang Jianzhang is his current boss, and he hasn't been too harsh on him in the past few years, so I'll give him a face and try to get together and leave.

Chen Minhao said with a smile: "Okay, you can decide the time and place."

"Then I won't be polite, I know there is a good local restaurant near your house," Zhang Jianzhang said with a smile, "Then let's eat and talk at 6 o'clock tonight."

Chen Minhao said briskly: "Okay, please wait and send me the address on WeChat."

After Chen Minhao hung up on Zhang Jianzhang, he immediately called Kang Hui and told Kang Hui that Zhang Jianzhang asked him to have dinner.

But he didn't invite Kang Hui to go together, after all, Zhang Jianzhang emphasized twice when he was on the phone - "two people". So if Chen Minhao took Kang back to the past, wouldn't he be making a face of Jianzhang?

At 6 o'clock in the evening, when Chen Minhao arrived at the restaurant, he found that the restaurant was not very high-end, but it was not low-end either. The main signature was the local cuisine of Shanghai.

The waiter stepped forward and asked respectfully, "How many guests do you have?"

Chen Minhao put on a peaked cap and a black mask and said, "Two, but my friend should have an appointment. His surname is Zhang."

After checking the records, the waiter said enthusiastically, "Your surname is Chen, right? Your friend has already arrived. Come with me."

After Chen Minhao arrived in the private room, Zhang Jianzhang said to the waiter, "Thank you for your hard work, please remove the extra tableware."

Just as Chen Minhao sat down, Zhang Jianzhang handed him the menu and asked, "Can you see if there are any dishes you want to add?"

Chen Minhao glanced at the printed bill, Zhang Jianzhang had already ordered six dishes, he shook his head decisively: "These dishes are enough."

After Zhang Jianzhang poured a cup of tea for Chen Minhao, the two began to chat about the dynamics in the circle, the future trend of the fan economy, and the differences between domestic and foreign stars.

Chen Minhao was surprised to find that Zhang Jianzhang had a deep understanding of some issues and had a better view of the overall situation.

The two chatted, and the topic came to the issue of Chen Minhao's agency contract.

Zhang Jianzhang sandwiched a deep-fried river prawn and said, "Xiao Chen, your management contract with Shenmeng will expire in August this year, right?"

Chen Minhao nodded and said: "Yes, thank you for your tolerance and support to me in the past few years. You have given me a lot of freedom and allowed me to do what I want. To be honest, I feel like this It is difficult for other brokerage companies to provide space."

"Then do you have to go?" Zhang Jianzhang smiled, looked at Chen Minhao with serious eyes, and said, "Is it possible that you will choose to stay in Shenmeng?"

Chen Minhao stood up and helped Zhang Jianzhang fill up the tea, and said, "Mr. Zhang, there is no banquet that lasts forever."

Zhang Jianzhang took a sip and said, "Why are you so sure? You haven't even heard of the conditions I will offer you."

Chen Minhao lowered his head and played with the tea cover, and said: "I heard that you were at Tianyi at that time. Tianyi should be the leading entertainment company in Xiangjiang. You were already the best actor at that time. I believe that with your status, the conditions Tianyi gave you It should be very generous, so why did you choose to leave in the first place?"

Zhang Jianzhang laughed at himself and said, "You may not believe me when I tell you, I left Tianyi for freedom."

Chen Minhao said seriously: "Actually, I believe it, because I really want to be free."

"My starting point is much lower than yours. I signed a contract with Tianyi. When I was at Tianyi, they would not only interfere with what scripts I would act in, they would even forcefully interfere with when I would fall in love. , who to fall in love with, etc.” Zhang Jianzhang raised his eyebrows, and continued: “Are you not free in Shenmeng? I have never forced you to do anything in the past two years, have I? I believe that no one in the entire company will force you Bar?"

Chen Minhao shrugged his shoulders, and said firmly: "Neither you, nor the entire Shenmeng Company has ever restricted my freedom. This is your kindness to me, in other words, this is your favor to me. But to be honest , as an adult, I cannot pin my freedom on the favor of one person."

Zhang Jianzhang nodded: "Everyone is looking for freedom. I used to be too, but what is freedom?"

Zhang Jianzhang did not wait for Chen Minhao to open his mouth and continued: "I signed an 8-year contract with Tianyi, and after the end of the contract period, Tian Xiang and I came out firmly and decisively, and the two of us created Shenmeng together. So there is When I saw you and Kang Hui, I remembered how Tian Xiang and I were back then."

Chen Minhao was a little surprised when he heard Zhang Jianzhang say this, and thought: Do I look like the kind of person who takes the emotional card?

Zhang Jianzhang changed the topic: "But in the past few years, I feel that the differences between me and Tian Xiang are getting bigger and bigger. Sometimes Tian Xiang's attitude towards artists reminds me of the manager I hated the most in Tianyi. layer."

Chen Minhao nodded and said, "It's normal in the world. After a warrior kills a dragon, he eventually becomes a dragon."

"You're right, you should have guessed by now that Tian Xiang did the tricks at the annual meeting, right?" Zhang Jianzhang took a sip of tea and said, "People are born free, but they are everywhere under the shackles." Medium. Sometimes I wonder if having differences and disputes with my former comrades-in-arms is the freedom I want?"

Chen Minhao said with a smile: "But you are much more free now than in Tianyi, at least now no one interferes with when you fall in love and who you fall in love with."

Zhang Jianzhang nodded and said, "You're right, I'm a bit blindsided, but have you ever considered that Kang Hui might part ways with you one day?"

Chen Minhao pondered for a while, thinking: Is he using history as a mirror to make me change my mind?

But Chen Minhao firmly believes that if one day he and Kang Hui part ways, it must be because he no longer pursues the goal of being a global superstar.

When Zhang Jianzhang saw that Chen Minhao had fallen into silence and did not speak for a long time, he suddenly said, "Just treat what you said just now as the thoughts of a middle-aged man. Then let's get straight to the point. I know you don't want to continue signing the contract." If you are an artist in Shenmeng, do you consider becoming my partner?"

Chen Minhao was stunned for a moment and asked, "What do you mean?"

Zhang Jianzhang said succinctly: "I feel that the gap between my ideas and Tian Xiang's is getting bigger and bigger. I think I need to find a new partner. Tian Xiang now owns 25% of Shenmeng's shares, and I can kick him out. Let you go."

Chen Minhao feels that his three views have been refreshed. Are you people from Xiangjiang so good at playing?

Chen Minhao asked in a daze: "Would Tian Xiang be willing?"

Zhang Jianzhang said confidently: "Whether he is willing or not is his idea, and whether I can make him willing is my ability. What about you? Are you willing?"