242. Chapter 241 Small tricks are disgusting again, Xu Kong’s counterattack


Chapter 241 Small tricks make people disgusting again, Xu Kong’s counterattack

There is almost no suspense about the Chinese Music Media Awards this time.

Su Zhi's "Su Xu" successfully won the best album of the year, and also won the best female singer of the year.

I didn't get the single of the year award.

However, it is also understandable that there are too many shortlisted awards, and the organizers will also weigh them a little.

On the other hand, Xu Kong received more awards.

Best Lyricist, Best Composer, including Album Producer of the Year, and even the original MV for "Love Song" won the minor award of Best MV of the Year.

Although all of them are production awards, because the winner is Xu Kong, the popularity and discussion are much higher than in previous years.

……

As an invited audience, Fat Bird was not able to live broadcast.

He has almost no presence at the scene.

But after the awards ceremony, they happened to meet Xu Kong and Su Zhi and asked for autographs and photos.

I immediately posted a Weibo update to show off.

It seems that Xu Chui's title of leader cannot be shaken off.

……

"Mr. Fat Bird?"

Fat Bird, who had packed his luggage and was about to leave at the hotel, suddenly met someone who came to say hello to the award ceremony.

However, after being a self-media internet celebrity for so many years, this was the first time that Fat Bird met someone calling him Mr. Fat Bird in a more formal manner.

"Who are you?"

Fat Bird was not surprised that someone recognized him.

After all, he now has nearly 10 million fans on the Internet, so he is more or less a public figure.

But if you are recognized in such a place, it is unlikely that the other party is a so-called passerby, and there is a high probability that the person is here just for you.

"Jiying Media Marketing Department Manager, You Jie."

The other party didn't hide it, he just announced his family name when he came up.

"Jiying Media?"

Fat Bird was stunned for a moment.

Of course he knows Jiying Media, a powerful domestic company.

But the crux of the problem is not this, but Jiying Media. Why did it come to find me?

……

"We would like to talk to you about cooperation..."

After Youjie spoke, Fat Bird also realized the other party's intention.

It's nothing more than a very common "recruitment".

In particular, some traditional music critics have a style of doing things where they are paid to do things, and it is very common for them to be recruited.

Of course, being able to be recruited also means that the music critic's own influence and reputation have reached a sufficient position.

Compared with traditional music critics, this is indeed the first time that self-media in the music industry such as Fat Bird has appeared.

Moreover, he started his career by doing critical commentary programs and does not have too professional music knowledge.

Under such circumstances, it is indeed quite strange to be personally approached by Jiying Media.

"Manager You, maybe you don't know me well."

"I personally don't accept music promotions, and I don't like to be restricted."

But although I felt flattered.

A year or two ago, Fat Bird might have agreed directly without any hesitation.

But with his current size, he is indeed qualified to refuse.

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"Of course we will not interfere with your own ideas and creations..."

Youjie still wants to continue fighting.

There was no way, the fat bird before was really an insignificant little person to them.

But as the other party's influence grows, it even reaches the point where it can control the direction of public opinion.

It is no longer possible to ignore it.

Especially companies like Jiying Media, which almost all have singers.

There is a greater need for a similar music self-media influencer to control public relations. Even in matters such as publicity, it can play a very important role. From a comprehensive point of view, Fat Bird is indeed the best choice at the moment.

It's just that before he came, he thought that if someone like Fat Bird offered some conditions and prices, the other party would obediently agree.

But when I got in touch with it, I realized that Fat Bird is more difficult to deal with than some traditional music critics.

Some of the methods that used to be invincible in the past have lost their effectiveness now.

……

The other party persisted for nearly half an hour before finally leaving.

It has to be said that it is hard not to be tempted by the tens of millions of signing fees alone.

It's just that the other party obviously guessed something wrong. Although he has a bad mouth, he looks shameless most of the time online, and he can't be called a saint.

But he really wants to continue in this industry.

If he was really incorporated by Jiying Media, he felt that he would probably be further and further away from the planned development.

And whether it can have the same influence in the future is still unknown.

After all, it was not uncommon for some so-called well-known music critics to flip over after being recruited.

"It seems that even if it's just Xu Kong, it really puts a lot of pressure on Jiying!"

In addition, Fat Bird was also keenly aware of the key to the matter.

He had guessed before that the fact that Su Zhi and Xu Kong won so many awards at the Chinese Music Media Awards must have had an impact on the current Chinese music scene.

I didn't expect it to be verified so quickly.

In the past, with the size of Jiying Media's company and its reserve of singers who accounted for almost half of the Chinese music scene, how could it be possible to care about this.

But the appearance of Xu Kong directly opened a quite big hole.

If Xu Kong was just a singer, he probably wouldn't have aroused such high vigilance from the other party.

The key is that Xu Kong himself is still a songwriter with strong creative ability.

This can be seen from Su Zhi's "Su Xu" album of the year.

Xu Kong was able to help Su Zhi produce such an album.

Does that mean that he still has the ability to recreate or even make a new singer famous from scratch?

This is the terrifying impact of songwriters with too strong creative abilities.

Fat Bird felt that if he really agreed, Jiying Media would not interfere on the surface.

But I guess the first thing to do is to stop him from making critical comments and similar videos related to Xu Kong in the future.

Even asking him, the so-called leader of Xu Chui, to deliberately belittle Xu Kong is entirely possible.

If that was really the case, Fat Bird felt that his original intention had changed.

It's definitely unacceptable.

……

The news that Su Zhi won the award was, not surprisingly, the top trending topic on Weibo.

However, there is not much suspense in itself. What netizens are really talking about is still how many awards Su Zhi can win for this album.

Counting Xu Kong's behind-the-scenes awards, the album "Su Xu" has won seven awards at the Chinese Music Media Awards alone.

If the subsequent two major awards can still maintain this winning rate, it is entirely possible to set a new record in the end.

However, Xu Kong himself did not pay too much attention to this matter.

After receiving the award, he went directly to Star City to participate in the recording of the new episode of "Singer".

Xu Kong had just received the award, and taking advantage of the high popularity, the "Singer" program team also randomly started a new announcement.

The current "Singer" has almost entered the final white-hot stage.

In the next few episodes, we will probably compete for the championship.

……

"Xukong only came for one round and was not considered to have withdrawn from the competition in the middle. How can he still continue to participate?"

"Although there are indeed rules for kicking out singers, and this has always been the case before, but for someone like Xu Kong who can ask for leave in the middle, isn't the privilege a bit too great?"

"Mango's competition system is also a bit unfair to singers who have been competing until now. If a certain singer directly participates in the finals, does he have a chance to win the championship after just one competition?"

Although he had expected it, Xu Kong realized something was wrong when he saw the sudden rise of the Internet.

However, Wu Youxue over at Mango was obviously not a vegetarian, and the relevant public opinion was soon calmed down. Moreover, the competition system is such that the votes are calculated separately for each game. There are no rules for adding or subtracting points no matter how many games are compared. It still relies on the performance and live performance of the current singer.

This is obviously someone deliberately setting the pace.

……

From the original award ceremony to this incident, Xu Kong had realized that whether it was Zhu Changyun, Fengge's vice president, or someone else, he must have been targeted.

This situation is too common in the entertainment industry.

The biggest reason is that he has indeed become too popular in the past two years.

Coupled with the fact that he almost refused most announcements and cooperation, it is estimated that many people were offended by this.

Some people may not be the leaders, but they are definitely playing tricks.

Like Jiying Media, Xu Kong is quite sure that the other party definitely has decisions and plans for him.

……

But this little trick is nothing more than disgusting and disgusting to him.

On the opposite side, Xu Kong, whose career is at its peak now, probably doesn't have much to do.

But Xu Kong will definitely not be so passive all the time.

After calculating the filming time for the follow-up "Sweet Honey", Xu Kong dialed Zhu Yu's phone number.

"Performance?"

"Are you sure?"

Zhu Yu was obviously caught off guard by Xu Kong's sudden decision.

But he soon realized Xu Kong's intention.

"I know."

Although Zhu Yu is Xu Kong's manager, Xu Kong's business activities are mostly decided by him.

But when it came to such a crucial decision, Zhu Yu still relied on Xu Kong's opinion.

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"Manager You, I need an explanation."

At this time, Xu Yaqin, as the head of the company's artist department of Jiying Media, asked with a frosty face.

When Youjie heard the news from the other party, he was obviously confused.

“It has nothing to do with our public relations department!”

Youjie couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Do you dare to say that you didn't make any small moves in Xu Kong's recent rhythm?"

Xu Yaqin didn't give the other party any face and asked again.

"I..."

Youjie subconsciously wanted to defend himself, but knowing what he had done, he couldn't say it at this time.

"It's really not us who are taking the lead. At most, I only added fuel to the flames."

Youjie reluctantly admitted.

Mainly because he didn't expect Xu Kong's reaction to be so strong.

It can be said to be a naked warning.

Xu Kong, a person who rarely took on performances in the past, suddenly took on so many commercial performances this time.

And almost all of them are focused on the organizers they cooperate with Jiying Media.

It was almost a pointed expression that he did not want to perform on the same stage as some of their Jiying Media singers.

In addition, Xu Kong didn't follow the rules at all and directly grabbed several large-scale endorsements from their first-line singers.

All combined, this time not only disrupted some of Jiying Media’s original plans.

It also directly caused losses close to over 100 million.

Just for the tens of millions of endorsements, Xu Kong directly cut off three or four of them.

The key is that brands and various performance organizers have no pressure to give up on them.

After all, with Xu Kong's current commercial value and popularity, not to mention these first-line singers and traffic idols, even some kings and queens of singers can't compete at all.

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"The other side is killing the chicken to scare the monkey..."

Youjie quickly realized Xu Kong's purpose.

In the past, Xu Kong's popularity and traffic had almost reached an exaggerated level.

But it can be said that I didn’t take the cake from my peers.

Especially for Jiying Media, the resources have not changed much from before.

After all, given Xu Kong's identity as a singer, the other party rarely accepts commercial performances and has very few endorsements.

This time, they suddenly snatched resources from Ji Ying in such a blatant and unethical way, and the warning was self-evident.

Xu Yaqin looked very impatient.

"Didn't I tell you earlier?"

"Even if we really can't sign Xu Kong, there is no need to offend others."

As the head of the artist department, Xu Yaqin has always been on the side of the friendly faction when faced with Xu Kong, who has risen too fast and poses a considerable threat to the company.

After all, she knew very well how much help it would be to the company if Xu Kong could really join Jiying.

But even if you don't participate, there is no need to really offend people and create an enemy for the company for no reason.

And as Xu Kong is a songwriter, it’s not like he won’t have the opportunity to collaborate with them in the future.

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"I..."

Youjie really had no way to refute at this time.

The reason why he wanted to participate this time was to secretly let Ji Ying's marketing account and navy army lead Xu Kong's rhythm.

It was entirely because he was a little angry at being rejected by Fat Bird.

Who would have thought that Xu Kong, who had always chosen to treat things coldly before, would react so violently this time.

Moreover, some of the other people or capital involved ignored it and targeted Ji Ying's family specifically.

"What now?"

Although You Jie and Xu Yaqin were at the same level of management, their age and seniority were so high that You Jie could only take the initiative to ask for advice.

"What else can we do? Since we have already made enemies, we have to do it if we don't want to."

Xu Yaqin's expression became solemn.

If Xu Kong is really just a simple singer, then with Jiying Media's influence and network resources in the Chinese music scene, not to mention banning him, it will be enough to prevent him from having too many opportunities to appear in the public eye in the future.

But now Xu Kong is not only very popular, but he is also a genius in song and lyrics, and his creative talent is a bit too supermodel.

In addition, Xu Kong also wrote his own scripts, directed and acted in his own films.

With big capital like Feng Ge behind it...

"Manager Xu, what do you mean?"

Youjie asked a little uncertainly.

He originally thought that after Xu Yaqin finished speaking, he would directly ask him to bow his head.

But I didn't expect that the other party was planning to fight Xu Kong Hard Steel to the end.

……

"Let's wait for now."

"Big things will happen in the industry this year."

"We will naturally have the right opportunity then."

Xu Yaqin finally calmed down at this time.

She originally planned to see if she could sign Xu Kong over when the opportunity came.

But now it is obviously impossible for the other party to have a good impression of Ji Ying.

In that case, it's better to go all the way to the dark side.

Youjie just nodded.

As for the important matter mentioned by the other party, he did not dare to ask more.

……

(End of chapter)

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