Become famous another day
Chapter 244 The 1st Endorsement
"Iceland Video contacted us. They have a self-made online drama and they want to buy the copyright of "Remember" and use it in the drama."
On this day, Chen Ziyan suddenly called Lu Yanhe and talked about this matter.
"Remember" has been bringing some income to Lu Yanhe one after another, from other people's covers, dividends from music platforms, and various copyright incomes. Each income is not a lot, more than ten thousand or twenty thousand. , there are as few as a few hundred or even a thousand. In the past, the company's music management department had always helped to take care of it. Chen Ziyan rarely said anything to Lu Yanhe. This time, she made a special explanation, which made Lu Yanhe a little surprised.
"Is there anything special about it?"
"They are not planning to buy your original song, but are planning to find someone else to cover it." Chen Ziyan said.
Lu Yanhe: "Okay, several people have already covered it."
Especially some singers and bloggers who engage in live broadcasts, almost everyone has sung "Remember" once.
Chen Ziyan said: "They are planning to ask Chen Ziliang to sing."
"Ah?" Lu Yanhe finally knew why Chen Ziyan came to tell him seriously.
Lu Yanhe doesn't have many enemies in this industry, and Chen Ziliang definitely counts as one.
There was a rift between them from the first meeting, and later on, they clashed again and again, as if they were incompatible with each other or had conflicts in fate.
Chen Ziyan asked: "Are you willing?"
Lu Yanhe said: "I don't want to."
Chen Ziyan nodded and said, "Then I refuse. However, I still have to tell you something. I heard that it was Chen Ziliang who recommended this song to the crew and asked them to use it for the OST."
"Ah?" This surprised Lu Yanhe and even felt incredible, "He recommended this song?"
Chen Ziyan: "Well, you didn't expect it, right? I didn't expect it either, it's unbelievable."
"What is he doing?"
"Perhaps I want to extend an olive branch of friendship to you?"
"Don't be disgusted with me, Sister Ziyan." Lu Yanhe didn't think Chen Ziliang had such thoughts at all, "Who knows what he thinks."
Chen Ziyan nodded, "That's okay, we will reject it directly."
"Well, Sister Ziyan, is there anything else? If there is nothing else, I will leave first." Lu Yanhe said, "I will go to see the house with Li Zhi, Bai Yanliang and the others later."
"Where are you going to rent?"
"Let's rent in the university town and see if there's anything suitable." Lu Yanhe said, "We all have classes there, so renting a house there is the most suitable place."
Chen Ziyan: "I didn't expect that the three of you have such a good relationship that you would live together."
"The place where I lived before was arranged by the company. Although Zhou Ping'an didn't insist on evicting me like before, I still felt uncomfortable living there. I'd better find a place to live by myself to be more comfortable, and I don't have to get up early in the morning. Suddenly I saw Zhou Ping'an appearing in the living room." Lu Yanhe complained.
"Okay." Chen Ziyan nodded, "However, you have to rent a house together, and it has to be able to accommodate three people at the same time, at least three bedrooms and two living rooms. The rent is probably not cheap, and the cheaper ones will probably cost 13,000 to 40,000. It’s been a month.”
When Lu Yanhe heard this, his eyes widened in shock and asked, "So expensive?"
"Well, this is pretty cheap. If you want to live in a bigger and better-facing apartment, it will probably cost you 20,000 yuan."
Lu Yanhe was shocked and said, "Can we afford to live here?"
Chen Ziyan: "It would be slightly better if the three of you split it equally. However, judging from your current income, the rent of six to seven thousand yuan per month is really quite expensive."
Of course Chen Ziyan is exaggerating. Although Lu Yanhe's current income is not particularly high, he is still a popular and well-known star. Now he has so much work, including the recording of two episodes of "City Travels" and the recording of "Young Days". Still made some money.
She said this because she knew that with Lu Yanhe's character and current income, he would definitely be reluctant to part with so much money.
Lu Yanhe thought for a while and said, "Let's go check it out first. If it's too expensive, we'll live in a smaller one."
Chen Ziyan: "Li Zhibai must be too lazy to live in a small house with you."
Oh, yes, there is also the pampered Master Li here.
Lu Yanhe said, "Well, aren't you destined to spend so much money renting a house?"
"It's good to live in a better place. You have to study here for four years and live here for at least four years." Chen Ziyan said, "Don't be reluctant to spend this money. You are an artist. Maintaining your own condition is the first priority. Yeah, if you don’t live well, you’re in a bad mood, do you understand?”
Lu Yanhe glanced at Chen Ziyan helplessly and said, "Sister Ziyan, you have been going around in circles for a long time just to tell me not to be reluctant to spend money."
Chen Ziyan: "Yeah."
"understood."
In many matters, Lu Yanhe found that Chen Ziyan often used her methods to help him adjust some concepts, and also used her methods to help him avoid some conflicts that might arise.
Chen Ziyan was reminding him in advance that Li Zhibai's consumption concept was different from his, so that there wouldn't be any conflicts over money.
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Ever since he compiled all the good ideas for variety shows that he knew, Lu Yanhe seemed to have opened up his inner circle of Ren and Du. Whenever he had some free time, he would start to recall what other good ideas and ideas he knew.
In the past, Lu Yanhe always thought that good things should be kept in his belly, and he would do them slowly when he had the ability to make them. Now he realizes a new path. He can't exactly follow what he did before, but he can combine it with some of the current things.
For film and television dramas, unless you are a talented director and you can turn a bloody story into a work of art, nothing is as good as a good story. The appeal of a good story to all creators is extraordinary.
For variety shows, one golden idea can make it last for four or five seasons, such as "Super Girl", a national talent show, or "The Voice of China", which has a blind audition after many years of talent show popularity. , such as "I Am a Singer", which went in the opposite direction when the talent show was bad.
In short, it is to keenly capture the public's psychology, and when this kind of product has not yet appeared on the market, corresponding products are accurately designed according to this psychology to meet the public's psychological needs and become an instant hit.
In the book "Jump Up", Lu Yanhe has fully enjoyed the benefits of status.
It doesn’t matter if you are an artist, or if you have some popularity and fans, a genius is willing to help you make a Mook in this era.
Lu Yanhe wanted to do "Jump Up" because he wanted to have a long-term and stable topic with Chen Siqi. I want to make "Young Days" a success because I want to have a long-term and stable cooperation project with Li Zhibai and Yan Liang.
It has only been a year since Lu Yanhe came to this world, and he already has someone he cherishes.
He hopes that he can ride on the wind and continue Chen Ziyan's myth. He also hopes to be able to help the people around him and do what he wants to do.
Of course, of course, the most important thing is that he wants to become stronger.
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It is easier for three men to look at a house. There are not so many requirements. First, the location is better, second, the environment is better, and third, the security is better.
All three of them are artists, not to mention Li Zhibai, who is a popular one, and Lu Yanhe is also on an upward trend that can be seen with the naked eye. There will be no shortage of paparazzi in the future. I would rather spend more money now to ensure privacy.
The agent took the three of them to look at seven or eight houses, go around and shop around, and finally chose a high-end community that was only about 20 minutes' walk from Zhenhua and Jingyi - of course, the price was even more expensive. Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang were heartbroken.
Li Zhibai waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about the rent, I'll take care of it."
"No, you've paid for the rent. How can we feel free to support you in the future?" Lu Yanhe was heartbroken, but he insisted on his principles at this time.
When he had no money in the past, Li Zhibai was willing to give them some advantages, and they took advantage of them.
Now it's not like he and Yan Liang can't make money and have no jobs, so how can they still take advantage of them?
The more good brothers we are, the less we can take advantage at this time.
Li Zhibai rolled his eyes, "I don't believe you are embarrassed, just pretend."
This is a duplex with two floors and four bedrooms.
The house is very good. The landlord's family has immigrated abroad, and the agency is taking care of it.
The rent was quoted at 25000 a month. Li Zhibai directly said that he would pay a year's rent in one go and insisted on cutting it to 23000 a month.
Still expensive, but definitely a much more comfortable stay.
Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang calculated how much money they had to pay every month, and they only felt that they had a long way to go to make money in the future.
"I'll tell you the truth, we are going to live here for at least four years. These two are going to school soon. This location is good, so we have taken a fancy to it. As long as we live comfortably, renewing the lease is a sure thing. Compared to If you just put up a false price here and rent it to us, you can get four years of rent directly, without so much trouble." Li Zhibai told the agent, "You will also get a lot of commission."
The agent said with a smile: "You are big stars, why do you still care about 2,000 yuan a month? The landlord said it very directly. If you insist on 25,000 yuan a month and refuse to reduce it, I really have no choice. "
"Don't celebrities care about two thousand dollars a month? Who doesn't earn their money through hard work?" Li Zhibai twitched his eyelids, "You can handle it with the landlord. If you can't handle it, forget it. We'll find another place. "
The agent cursed a few times in his mind, but thought that if this big deal could be completed, his commission would be regarded as the year-end bonus.
"Otherwise, you can rent it for four years at a stretch, and I'll work hard to get the landlord."
"I'll rent it for four years at a stretch, and I won't be willing to pay out the 23,000 yuan a month. If you are willing to rent it for 20,000 a month, I'll rent it for four years at a stretch. If we can't agree, I'll take it down." Li Zhibai said. He looked so arrogant that he didn't even take off his sunglasses, "Don't look so sad. It's not like I don't know the business here. If you don't rent it to us, when will you be able to rent a house at your price?" A duplex, totaling more than 200 square meters, can you tell me how many months ago the last time someone came to see this house was?"
intermediary:"……"
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Anyway, in the end, I rented it for four years at a price of 21,000 yuan.
"Okay." Li Zhibai finished with satisfaction and discussed with Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang when to move. "I'll ask someone to come over to clean the place tomorrow. Otherwise, move the day after tomorrow?"
"Okay." Lu Yanhe nodded.
Li Zhibai gestured with his thumb, "Done."
The rent is 21,000 yuan, which turns into millions in four years.
In the end, when Li Zhibai signed the contract with the middleman, Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang were frightened.
With so much money, Li Zhibai didn't even think much about it and just signed it.
"Little money." Li Zhibai waved his hand, "Where is this?"
After all, he is the second generation of rich people. His family owns a big company and he is well-informed.
Lu Yanhe thought to himself, when will he be able to talk about a small amount of money in such an understatement when he can see figures in the millions?
Yan Liang asked Lu Yanhe cautiously: "Do you have so much money on hand?"
Lu Yanhe shook his head: "No."
"What should we do? The contract requires us to pay 20% immediately."
"With Li Dahu here, what are you afraid of?" Lu Yanhe pointed at Li Zhibai and said, "We will pay his rent from now on."
Li Zhibai made an OK gesture, "Okay."
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In the past few days at the end of the month, Lu Yanhe was not busy with anything else. He worked with Jiangyin Publishing House and Yemai.com to determine the promotion plan for "Jump Up", moved house, and then followed Li Zhenzhen to write the plan for the second phase of "Young Days". .
In addition to being busy writing plans with Lu Yanhe, Li Zhenzhen also has to pay attention to the editing of the first episode.
They plan to release the first phase before the second phase of recording to see how everyone responds.
Lu Yanhe didn't know how Li Zhenzhen planned to edit it, but as far as the content they had recorded before, even if it was edited to the worst, there were still many topics and it would not be less popular.
Lu Yanhe saw that Li Zhenzhen started losing her hair, getting acne on her face, and turning yellow. Without asking, she knew how stressed Li Zhenzhen was recently.
Li Zhenzhen is a very thoughtful program director and idealistic. Lu Yanhe really believed in her before and thought that she could really produce a different program. However, during the actual recording, such expectations were not realized. . This also taught Lu Yanhe a very profound lesson. Of course, he still likes a producer like Li Zhenzhen, but his ability in producing programs is indeed lacking.
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On the last day of August, Lu Yanhe got together with Li Pengfei, Lin Yu, Chen Qin, and Xu Zijun.
Linyu's competition finally ended and she ranked seventh in the country. She was the only high school student in the top ten. She applied as a high school student. Therefore, everyone gathered together to celebrate Linyu.
Linyu was very happy after winning the award and said: "I have always loved learning languages, but I didn't want to just be a translator in the future, so I didn't choose the major of foreign languages and had to study by myself."
"You have too high demands on yourself." Li Pengfei clicked his tongue, "What kind of monsters are you? It's a great summer after the college entrance examination. Those who are engaged in competitions are engaged in competitions, and those who are making magazines are making magazines. You are so diligent that I can sleep in late. I can’t even sleep well.”
"You don't work hard, it's embarrassing to say that." Chen Qin glanced sideways at Li Pengfei.
In No. 13 Middle School, apart from Chen Siqi, these were the only people Lu Yanhe was familiar with and close to.
It can be said that without these people, his senior year of high school life would definitely be half as bad.
"Lao Lu, how is the "Jump Up" you made? When will it be released?" Li Pengfei asked.
"It has been submitted for review." Lu Yanhe said, "If it's quick, it should be available on the market by the end of September."
Li Pengfei clicked his tongue twice, "I still have some credit for this book."
"Well, there is your name in the column of editor-in-chief's assistant." Lu Yanhe said, "Chen Siqi asked me to add it to you."
Li Pengfei's eyes widened, "Why do I become an assistant?"
"Chen Siqi said that you did a good job as her assistant and she is very satisfied."
"I am satisfied with her uncle!" Li Pengfei said, "I am only willing to help because of your sake."
"Same, she and I are both editors-in-chief. If you work for her as an assistant, you work as an assistant for me." Lu Yanhe said with a smile.
Li Pengfei said "Bah" and glared at Lu Yanhe full of resentment, "Just be a human being."
Lu Yanhe couldn't laugh or cry.
"Yan He, will you continue to write this book? I remember that you originally wanted to make it into a magazine, right?" Lin Yu suddenly asked.
"Depending on the results of the first book, I want to continue doing it. If possible, I still hope to be able to publish it at a fixed time just like making a magazine." Lu Yanhe said, "However, I can't say that now. Reliable, if the first "Jump" didn't do well and the market response was bad, there would be no way to continue it."
Linyu hesitated for a moment, then seemed to have made up her mind, and said: "If you are ready to continue doing it, can you let me join in? Let's see what I can do. I don't need a salary, just treat it as an internship. In fact, I wanted to join you from the beginning, but I was preparing for the competition during the summer vacation and didn't have time to help you. Now that the competition is over, I thought about it seriously and I really want to take this opportunity to train myself."
Lu Yanhe looked at Linyu with some surprise.
Linyu has rare maturity and self-discipline among the classmates around him.
To be honest, when he wanted to make "Jump Up" before, he thought about asking Linyu to help. But at that time, Linyu was preparing for the competition, and Lu Yanhe didn't speak, and was too embarrassed to speak. Unexpectedly, Linyu had the same idea.
"Of course you are welcome if you are willing." Lu Yanhe said immediately, "Actually, so far, we are just two people, Chen Siqi and I, especially since I haven't been able to help at all. Chen Siqi has been the one to take care of it. If you are willing to come, Of course I'm very welcome to help. Let's see how the sales of the first book go first. If we can really continue to do it, we must set up a formal team. We can't just do it in a small way like now. I did it myself.”
Linyu laughed and nodded.
At this time, Xu Zijun spoke cautiously and asked, "Can I also participate?"
Lu Yanhe didn't expect that Xu Zijun was also interested.
"Are you all serious?"
"Seriously." Xu Zijun said, "If you are willing."
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"Of course it's no problem if they are willing to do it together. I can't ask for it." Chen Siqi was very happy to see the result. "I am really tired to take care of so many things by myself, and I don't care about the beginning or the end. Let's do the third Most of the manuscripts for a book are our invitations. If we really want to make the next book, we will definitely set up a team to do it."
Lu Yanhe breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Chen Siqi agreeing.
"However, if we really want to set up a team to do this, we can't let everyone work for free like before, right?" Lu Yanhe said, "The two of us worked for free for a whole summer, maybe for a penny. Can’t make any money.”
"Not necessarily." Chen Siqi said immediately, "Both Yemai.com and Jiangyin have raised their estimates for this book, and the feedback from various channels is relatively enthusiastic."
"Huh?" Lu Yanhe was shocked, "Real or false?"
"Really, your recording of "City Travel Notes" has brought a lot of attention to this book. The homepage of Yemai.com that plays "City Travel Notes" has a link to jump to the reservation interface for this book. "Chen Siqi said, "Moreover, Yemai.com has been promoting this book through various channels. They attach great importance to this book."
Lu Yanhe said: "I guess they can't make much money through electronic sales, right?"
"People don't care about the sales revenue. They want to attract traffic to the brand." Chen Siqi said, "It is said that there are several brand businesses who want to discuss cooperation with Yemai.com, but Yemai.com has refused and refused to commercialize."
Lu Yanhe: "Yemai.com has always followed this style. It is said to be non-commercial, but when it matures, it will still be. I have seen several advertisements for business cooperation on Yemai.com."
Chen Siqi said: "What's worse is that we are about to start school in September, and you will be the only one in Yuming then. There will be a series of publicity for this book after it is launched, and you will be required to cooperate. I don't know if you can spare the time." superior."
Lu Yanhe: "Let's try our best."
Chen Siqi said: "When I was doing "Jump Up", I actually had another idea."
"what idea?"
"When the time is right, I want to make "Jump Up" into a comprehensive content media." Chen Siqi said, "I also thought of it while working on "Jump Up". Of course, it is definitely not possible now. We have to first After completing "Jump Up", you said that your classmates want to join in, I am actually very happy, so that I can have more time to prepare in this aspect."
"how do you want to do it?"
"Entertainment." Chen Siqi said, "Didn't I not want your name to appear in this book before? But now it is impossible not to appear. "Jump Up" has obviously been connected with you and the entertainment industry. , especially the first issue, with articles written by so many artists such as Jiang Yuqian, Song Linxin, Li Zhibai, Yan Liang... we can no longer simply position it as a literary magazine, so after thinking about it, I feel too lazy Let’s avoid this. Since it has something to do with entertainment, let’s make entertainment content openly.”
This is actually Lu Yanhe's long-term plan for "Jump Up" deep in his heart. Lu Yanhe does not want to turn "Jump Up" into an entertainment magazine, but wants to use it as a basis to expand its influence in the media field. The most valuable thing about a magazine is actually the regular readers it targets. Lu Yanhe did not expect that Chen Siqi would also think of this.
Chen Siqi said: "I won't do anything else yet. I'll start with the ones with the lowest cost. I'm going to set up a self-media account for "Jump Up" and launch it when the book goes online."
"Then what are you going to do on this self-media account?"
"When we create content, we should create content that is not suitable for publication in the book "Jump Up" but that is still read by many people, such as artist interviews, film and television reviews, and even some life diaries or short articles written by ourselves. "Chen Siqi said, "The book "Jump Up" goes against the trend of the times and wants to create a Renaissance. The self-media of "Jump Up" is in line with the trend of the times. The key is that it does not require us to invest any cost."
"Are you going to do this self-media thing by yourself?"
"Who said that? Didn't you say that several of your classmates want to join us? I also asked your classmate Bai Yu, and she is very willing to come and play together." Chen Siqi said, "Anyway, we are all students and have a lot of resources. At that time, we went to universities all over the world, and we were able to find many interested students to join us in the university."
When Lu Yanhe heard what Chen Siqi said, he knew that she had already made up her mind to do this.
"Okay, if you want to do it, then do it."
"Okay, since you support it, then I'll do it." After Chen Siqi finished speaking, he suddenly took out two documents from his bag and handed them to Lu Yanhe, "This is an agreement I drew up myself. The media account belongs to you and me, just like "Jump Up", if there is any revenue in the future, we will split it half and half."
Lu Yanhe was shocked.
He didn't expect Chen Siqi to be so capable of taking action and even draw up an agreement.
"I haven't done anything yet. Are you sure you want to give me half of the proceeds?" Lu Yanhe asked in surprise.
"I've already taken advantage of you by giving you half of the income." Chen Siqi said, "Without you, there would be no "Jump Up", let alone this self-media."
Lu Yanhe scratched his head.
"What do you need me to do?"
"Just help us get big stars like Jiang Yuqian, so that we can have at least one such big star contribute to each issue of "Jump Up", and I will take care of the rest." Chen Siqi looked determined, with eyes full of hope for the future. firmness and confidence.
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The self-media account of the "Jump Up" Editorial Club was created by Chen Siqi in this way.
Chen Siqi has registered this account on several large websites and social platforms. Of course, after registration, nothing has been published and there is zero content creation.
Lu Yanhe was very happy that Chen Siqi had such high enthusiasm to do this.
He was just a little uneasy about whether "Jump Up" could be sustained and continued for a long time, and he really didn't have much confidence.
On the contrary, after Chen Ziyan learned Chen Siqi's thoughts, her eyes flashed and she said, "Yan He, your little girlfriend is amazing."
Lu Yanhe always knew that Chen Siqi was great.
Hearing Chen Ziyan praise Chen Siqi so much, he felt inexplicably happy.
Then, at this time, August passed and September came.
Lu Yanhe ushered in his first endorsement product launch conference in his life.
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At the Xueyou APP launch conference, Li Luzhi said that his inspiration for developing this APP came from Lu Yanhe taking everyone to write words silently in the live broadcast room.
The press conference will be broadcast live.
Lu Yanhe also logged into the APP at the scene and tried out the connection function of the APP with several people.
Later, Lu Yanhe delivered a speech at the press conference about why he chose live streaming to study in his senior year of high school.
"I know that my will is not that strong, and not one person can do it all by myself, so I chose to live broadcast, rather than live broadcast for everyone to watch me learn to do the questions, it is better to ask everyone to supervise me. "
"The most important thing is that when I am studying, I know that there are many people with me and accompanying me. This feeling can bring me the power of companionship. Whenever I feel tired and want to be lazy, Sometimes, I want to hold on a little longer.”
"Xueyou APP has a function that I like very much. You can invite several friends to form a study group on this APP and set task goals together. Then everyone can see everyone's completion progress in real time." Lu Yanhe said, " This kind of inspiration from fellow travelers is very positive.”
Lu Yanhe’s speech was purchased as a hot search by Li Luzhi’s company.
With the aura of being a top student with a score of 657 in the college entrance examination, the content of this speech received a lot of attention.
Within an hour after the press conference, the Xueyou APP was downloaded more than 200,000 times, and the number of registered users exceeded 50,000.
"Thank you for your hard work." Li Luzhi sent Lu Yanhe downstairs and said, "After the product was launched today, the data is very good. Your appeal among students is really extraordinary."
Lu Yanhe said: "Thank you, Uncle Li, for giving me the first endorsement in my life."
"Your agent is very responsible and values your endorsement. She repeatedly confirmed the business model and profit model of our APP with us and confirmed that she would not cheat you before she agreed to sign." Li Luzhi patted Lu Yanhe on the shoulder. "That kid Li Pengfei is not stingy, he doesn't have a lot of money, but he admires you very much. Please take care of him more for your uncle and let him follow the right path. If this brat refuses to go abroad, he can only go to Hua Jiangnan University. You know what kind of monsters and monsters there are in that school."
Lu Yanhe suddenly didn't know what to say.
He could only say: "He and I are good friends, and we will definitely help and support each other."
Li Luzhi nodded, "You are starting school tomorrow, right?"
"Yes." Lu Yanhe nodded, "I will report tomorrow."
Li Luzhi said: "Then you will be a college student from tomorrow, so work hard. If you need my help with anything, just give me a call. You are Li Pengfei's friend. I will definitely help you if I can."
"Thank you, uncle." Lu Yanhe's gratitude to Li Luzhi was sincere.
He has always envied Li Pengfei for having a father like Li Luzhi.
He will always remember that during the winter vacation self-study, Li Luzhi brought lunch to treat them.
He will always remember Li Luzhi's seemingly rough but actually caring father-son affection for Li Pengfei.
Lu Yanhe was very envious. Because he will never feel it again in his life. (End of chapter)
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