Chapter 722: Zhang Pingan Also Got an Invitation to a Show?
After the executive representative of the brokerage company came in, he first greeted Zhang Pingan, the big boss. Zhang Pingan looked at the representative who had obviously gained weight after not seeing him for several months and said with a smile: "Representative Jin, you may still have to pay attention. I’m healthy. It’s been a while since I last saw you. Why do you feel like you’ve gained weight all of a sudden? At least ten pounds?”
Listening to Zhang Pingan's joke on the representative, everyone next to Mama Mu laughed. In fact, many representatives of brokerage companies will show signs of gaining weight after the company becomes successful. After all, they are not artists, so they don't need to deliberately manage their bodies.
And on weekdays, in order to keep in touch with the network of TV station PDs, it is common to treat guests to dinner or something. So, these representatives basically don’t exercise, and they have a lot of social activities. Is it weird that they don’t gain weight?
Representative Jin touched his bulging belly and said with a smile: "Hey, I've gained a lot of weight recently, so I have to find time to exercise."
"I think no matter how much money you make, it's not as important as your health, so proper physical conditioning is the most important thing." Zhang Ping'an first said this to the company representative, then turned his attention to Mamamu and everyone said : "This sentence is also for you, you can't make enough money. Your popularity is gradually rising recently, so in the limited rest time, you must know how to self-regulate your health problems. And when you debut The main thing is your singing ability, so you guys will definitely have a much longer acting career than those singing and dancing groups. In the future, when you have accumulated enough popularity, the company will also arrange for you to release a solo."
Hearing that Zhang Pingan had long-term plans for them, each of them had a heartfelt smile on their face.
Because after Zhang Ping'an invested in the company, their contract and other conditions can be said to be top-notch in the idol circle. So with the company's long-term plans for them, this sense of joy is natural. With such a good company and such a good contract, of course they are willing to stay in the company for a long time.
Song Le said: "For the future, SOLO, not Song Le, let's all work hard, right? Hahaha~~"
Mamamu is such a self-entertainment band, even if it is his stage name, Jin Rongxian can use it as a joke.
Zhang Ping'an looked at Mamamu who was starting to go crazy. He shook his head and then said to the representative: "Have the songs on Mamamu's comeback album been included?"
When the representative heard this, his eyes immediately lit up: "Oh? President, do you want to write a song for the children?"
Zhang Pingan's creative ability has been certified by the market through Taeyeon's solo album. There is also a song in Lee Ji Eun’s recently released album, which fans jokingly call the ‘regrettable title song’. Why regret? Of course, it is not officially registered as the title song of Lee Ji-eun's album.
Zhang Ping'an shook his head and said: "I don't have any good songs for them. I'm not afraid of spending money when collecting songs. Just ask the well-known songwriters. As long as you give them the right price, I believe those songwriters will definitely have them in their music libraries. There will be some treasures. I still say, don’t be afraid to spend money. If you are willing to invest in music, the music results will naturally return to us. In the future, I can approve the production fee of one billion won. ! Just like Taeyeon’s album this time, it’s okay to take the whole team overseas to shoot.”
The production cost of an album can be as high as one billion Korean won, which is quite outrageous. With such a high cost price, the quality of the music must be carefully selected. After all, well-known songwriters charge very high prices.
Everyone in Mamamu was amazed: "Oh~~ One Billion, shooting overseas? Is it okay for the next album?"
Zhang Ping'an nodded and said: "Of course, I have never been stingy about production costs. Because I am a producer myself, I know how much I have invested in filming, so,
MV, the effect reflected will definitely be different. For Taeyeon's MV shoot this time, S.M invited the styling team to go together. The total cost was more than 700 million and close to 800 million. This still saved me as a director the cost. "
Although the MV was really beautifully shot, it still cost hundreds of millions of won, which was quite painful to hear. Everyone in Mamamu once again exclaimed: "That's so much money~~"
Zhang Ping'an said: "It costs money to rent other people's venues, and the best thing to use there is a knife. Just renting that coffee shop for one morning cost 30,000 U.S. dollars, and renting a ranch for filming is expensive. It’s tens of thousands... and for this shooting, S.M specially purchased good drone equipment. These are all investments.”
The representative smiled and said: "Of course I know this. As long as there are good songs, I will definitely not be stingy. Next time Mamamu's album is released, I will try to find an excellent song to help the children get a first place." !”
Zhang Ping'an smiled and nodded and said: "Haha, OK, I'm looking forward to it. Okay, let's not stand here chatting anymore. These two have no idea what we are talking about."
Yang Yueyue and Xiaoju began to be confused for a while after entering the waiting room. Because Zhang Pingan and the people here were all chatting in Korean that they could not understand at all. They were watching a group of them talking and laughing here, but they had no idea what the chat was about or why they were laughing. The two of them were extremely depressed.
Representative Jin looked at the two very beautiful girls beside Zhang Pingan: "Is this the person you told me to come here to study? The appearance is really good, why don't you stay in Korea to develop?"
Zhang Pingan shook his head and said: "Doesn't the company have a plan for a girl group at present? The two of them are preparing for things in China. I can't leave them here, lest they return to China after debuting here, and the fans will definitely talk about it again. Moreover, the Korean market is too small and the competition is too fierce, but it's different in China."
Representative Jin said: "Okay, you are the boss, you have the final say. The girl group plan, our company has recently made this plan, and it will take at least three to five years for the specific debut? Good trainees are very rare now."
Excellent trainees are definitely the ones that all companies hope to fight for.
Zhang Pingan thought for a while and said: "This time I will cooperate with , you can look for suitable seedlings, and then dig them up."
Representative Jin immediately shook his head and said: "How can you dig them casually? Things that destroy the market cannot be done."
There are rules in the industry. Everyone in the same circle must abide by the rules. So trainees can’t be poached randomly, especially good ones.
“Well. Let’s go, let’s go out and talk, let them practice.” Zhang Pingan glanced at Mamamu: “Want some coffee?”
“Yes, PD Zhang, treat?”
The representative immediately took out his corporate card and said: “You guys are really, take it here…”
Who knew Huasha said the truth: “Corporate card? Isn’t this also equivalent to PD Zhang treating.”
The four of Mamamu went to buy coffee together, and probably had to buy some desserts, after all, it was the representative’s corporate card.
And Zhang Pingan brought Xiaoju and the other two to the representative’s office. After they sat down, Zhang Pingan said to Representative Jin: “Recently, there are no music programs for Mamamu, right?”
When ‘Mamamu’ first debuted, because it was a girl group from a small company, there were not many opportunities to go to music shows. After the song was released, there might be only one chance to promote the song. With so many music shows, maybe only one TV station would give it up.
Because if you deduct the advertising time, the actual broadcast time of the music show is only 50 minutes, and then deduct some interview time in the show, etc., there are only about ten groups that can stand on the stage in each episode. And the relationship between those large brokerage companies and TV stations is very good. In a music show, the big companies occupy 70% of the time, and the remaining 30% is scrambled by small companies.
And there are really too many small brokerage companies in Korea. Don’t talk about Ma Mu. Didn’t EXID also stand on the street to perform without the opportunity to perform on stage?
Representative Jin nodded and said, "Well, there are no programs to hold Mamamu."
Zhang Pingan said, "I have a good relationship with MBC. When you are free, you can contact them more often. It doesn't matter if you use my name more often."
"I know. I have been trying to build relationships with the TV station recently, so there are more drinking parties."
"Take it easy. Even if you are trying to build relationships, you can't ruin your health, right? Have you contacted their teachers?"
"I have contacted them. We agreed to meet at the company at two o'clock."
"Well, then wait." Zhang Pingan also told them that the teacher they hired would not arrive until two o'clock.
Mamamu also bought coffee and sent it over at this time. As expected, they also bought some desserts, and of course bought two cakes for Xiaoju and Yang Yueyue.
Just when the representative was dissatisfied with them buying desserts, Zhang Pingan's phone rang. He looked at the incoming call and smiled and answered the phone. The representative also waved to Mamamu and others, indicating that they could go out.
Zhang Pingan said with a smile: "PD Luo, what's wrong?"
"PD Zhang, how busy are you? Filming next week..."
"Next week?" Zhang Pingan thought that he would go back to travel with Li Zhien next week, so he hesitated whether to tell a white lie?
Luo Yingshi also heard that Zhang Pingan's hesitation was an excuse: "Okay, okay, I don't plan to let you go with me to film next week. However, I have a colleague who wants you to participate in the filming of his program."
Zhang Pingan said in confusion: "Your colleague asked me to film the program? I'm not an artist, what program should I film?"
"This program is not for artists to participate in. Have you heard of the program "Non-Summit Talks"? "
"Non-Summit Talks", isn't this a JTBC program?"