Chapter 94 Those Big Shots Back Then
"That's not true, and since he attended the opening of the mountain villa last time, he has been even more considerate to us. I wonder if it's because he found out that you are also a shareholder of the company?" Song Jiangliang brought up this matter but didn't feel happy about it, instead, his eyebrows furrowed even more.
"How could he, if he can walk to this position today, it's impossible for him to change his principles for no reason, maybe he saw the development potential of our company." Ji Xin'an thought for a moment, although there is such a possibility, but thinking that she had only met him a few times, even if he was really interested in her, he wouldn't use this kind of means.
"Still be careful, I always feel that something is off about him." Song Jiangliang knew that he had been paying attention to her since An Xin's debut.
"Yes, An'an, you'd better listen to Song Ge. I also think he looks at you differently than others." Zou Ze became even more worried, although he didn't know the inside story between the two, but seeing the situation just now, his instincts made him guard against Jiang Rui Bin.
"Whatever his motives, I'll be leaving soon anyway. I don't believe he's so powerful that he can reach into the People's Army." Ji Xin'an smiled calmly, figuring there was no use worrying about these things.
"That's also true." Song Jiang felt the same way after listening, Jiang Rui Bin was formidable, but not to that extent.
But Zou Ze didn't put his mind at ease, "Then keep a distance from him for this period of time."
"I know, besides, it's impossible for me to meet someone like him even if I want to." Ji Xin'an smiled slightly, they were all genuinely concerned about themselves and didn't want to cater to his wishes.
They both finally put their minds at ease.
"Song Ge, who is that pig head, why did he come to bother you?" Ji Xin'an didn't want to talk about Jiang Rui Bin anymore, so she asked about something else.
"He was my former competitor at HN, when one of the managers got promoted and only he and I were qualified for the position. The competition was fierce back then and it was a tie, so the position remained vacant. But later on, after I signed with you and Zou Ze, I directly got the promotion. He has been holding a grudge against me ever since. When I was there, he didn't show it that obviously, but after I left and he became the manager, every time we met, he would humiliate me as much as possible to vent his anger, so it ended up like this." Song Jiang Liang said helplessly, in the past, whenever faced with such situations, he was always the one who...
Also implicated Ji Xin'an.
"You've all left, he's still targeting you, in the same circle, heads down and not seeing each other, is he not afraid of offending you?" Ji Xin'an didn't think that it was because of this matter that he could tear his face off, this circle is so big, who can't see who.
"There are companies backing him, HN because I brought you two who made money for the company to start your own business, and now it's pushing new people again, isn't this equivalent to snatching food from their bowls? Of course, they see me as a thorn in the eye and a stab in the flesh. With the tacit consent of the company's high-level executives, he dares to be so arrogant." Song Jiangliang was no longer surprised by this.
"But isn't this being too petty? Competition between companies should be about showing off one's strength, what's the point of just getting an advantage through words?" Ji Xin'an burst out laughing, "How childish, can't win a fight so goes to find a parent."
"You think they only do this, but behind our backs, who knows how many small moves they've made? Digging up people in the company and snatching songs is a common occurrence. Fortunately, I listened to your advice back then, otherwise, I don't know how much loss there would have been." Song Jiangliang said it lightly, but Ji Xianan knew that fighting in the business world wasn't so easy.
"You want to expose my identity to the executives and our artist, but after all these years, will this identity still be useful?" Ji Xin'an suddenly guessed his intention, no wonder he was so anxious to let himself meet with Zou Ze and everyone.
"Don't underestimate the influence of An Xin and Kan Ke, when you two released an album together, it was a huge hit all over the country. But after that, you both kept a low profile and never appeared again, which only added to your mystique. Your status in the music industry hasn't faded with time, but instead has risen even higher. Even now, when the most popular singers mention you, they do so with admiration and respect, treating you like seniors. So when they found out that An Xin is a shareholder of our company, it immediately had a stabilizing effect on people's minds." Song Jiang Liang slowly explained to her, believing that Ji Xin An wouldn't be so unreasonable for the sake of the company.
"It turns out I'm already considered a senior in the music industry, it seems my dream has come true ahead of time." Zou Ze listened with a very emotional expression.
"Alright then, just don't get exposed by the reporters." Ji Xin'an smiled and didn't mind his words, instead looking at Song Jiangliang.
Song Jiang was all smiles with satisfaction due to their support.
In the conference room, all senior executives and popular artists of the company in this city were sitting upright, wondering what was the reason for holding such an emergency meeting.
When Song Jiang brought Zou Ze and Ji Xin'an in, he attracted everyone's attention, but not towards him. Their target was the two people behind him. In their minds, they were guessing who these people were. Looking at her age, she didn't seem like someone who came to work for the company. Judging from her appearance, it seemed likely that Song Jiang was preparing to introduce a new person, and this possibility was quite high.
Ji Xin'an and Zou Ze sat down beside Song Jiangliang under everyone's gaze, while Liu Shu automatically took a seat below Ji Xin'an, leaving everyone even more astonished.
"Ladies and gentlemen, today's meeting only has one thing, which is to introduce two people." He paused here, while everyone looked at Ji Xin'an with a knowing glance, even more unable to guess what kind of person could make Song Jiangliang give such a grand introduction.
"This beautiful girl is called Ji Xin'an, and the boy is called Zou Ze, but they also have another name, which is 'An Xin' and 'Kan Kou'." Song Jiangliang saw that he had satisfied everyone's curiosity, so he smiled and said it out loud.
"Are you all right?" someone cried out suddenly.
Is she An Xin?
"Is Kankan really that small?" Someone questioned.
Whether it's an executive or a star, they instantly became fans of the singer. Song Jiangliang was right, although they had disappeared for several years, but it did not affect their weight in people's hearts, the songs written by Ji Xin'an have become classics, and many famous singers will cover them, and now An Xin and Kan Ke are standing in front of them, how can they not be surprised.
"In addition, apart from being singers, they are also major shareholders of our company. In other words, half of this company belongs to the two of them, especially Ji Xin'an, who is the largest shareholder of the company, far surpassing me. Moreover, it was she who initially suggested setting up this company." Song Jiangliang possibly thought his words were not shocking enough, so he dropped another bombshell.
Everyone was even more shocked and didn't know what to say.
"She looks so young, how old was she when she started the company?" A young department manager who had always thought of himself as a genius was deeply shocked, never expecting that this rapidly developing and promising entertainment company would come from such a young girl.
"When releasing an album, she shouldn't be that old, yet she can write so many classic songs?" A newly released album star sighed and said. When she listened to Ji Xin'an's song back then, she was still a student. It was under her influence that she embarked on this path, but unexpectedly, she turned out to be even younger than herself.
"Now let our director say a few words for everyone." Song Jiangliang smiled and looked at Ji Xin'an.
"First of all, I want to thank everyone who has been working hard. It's because of your efforts that my annual dividend has been rising steadily every year. If it weren't for you guys, I might be sitting at home crying right now." Ji Xin'an's words brought a wave of gentle laughter.
"After laughing, he continued: 'Since everyone knows that I am An Xin, they should also know that I and Kang Ke are now just ordinary students. Although we have already graduated from high school, because we are still in college, we will not come to the company to participate in management, so everyone does not need to worry that my appearance will disrupt the existing systems and decision-making of the company.'"
Many people looked at him with admiration, but how many companies have declined due to the reckless leadership of incompetent managers? Knowing is one thing, but having the courage to give up management power so easily is another.
"I came here for two reasons. Firstly, I want to get to know everyone better, and to those of you who have made contributions to the company, I don't want to hide my identity from you anymore, but I also hope that you can keep it a secret. Secondly, I want to tell everyone that although our company has only been established for a few years, our ambitions are no less than those of older companies. Whether it's Song, me, or Zou Ze, we all want to make the company bigger and stronger. I think this is evident from the company's development over these short few years. Therefore, whether you're staff or an artist, there are boundless opportunities here." As soon as Ji Xin'an finished speaking, a round of applause erupted.
When it was Zou Ze's turn, he simply said a few polite words and that was it. He knew that at this time, Ji Xin'an's words had already played the role they should have, and if he said too much more, it would be like adding feet to a snake.
Song Jiang looked at them with great satisfaction, today's performance was really flawless.
"Alright, let me introduce you." After the meeting ended, Song Jiangliang didn't let everyone leave. Seeing Zou Ze hiding to one side, he only took Ji Xin'an over.
Then, taking her to the front of each executive, Ji Xin'an shook hands with them one by one. When it was the turn of those artists, Ji Xin'an smiled and said, "You don't need to introduce these people. If I don't even recognize them, then I'm not a person of this era."
"That's fine, I won't introduce him then." Song Jiangliang stepped aside.
First, greet those who have been here since the company was founded, and among them are many who have already become first-line singers nationwide. This is the result of the company's efforts over the past few years, with almost one superstar emerging every year, not to mention countless new artists popping up, although some people don't even qualify to attend such a meeting.
Among the new signees, there are also people who are now popular all over the country, "Zhao Wei, I really like watching 'My Fair Princess' and your performance as Little Swallow was excellent. I think that even if they remake it in the future, no one will be able to perform better than you." Ji Xin'an suddenly thought of the new version remade many years later, and wondered how much criticism it would receive.
"Thank you, I also really like your song." Zhao Wei was at that time just a newcomer from the Beijing Film Academy, and when facing Ji Xin'an she still felt a bit nervous.
"That's truly my honor." Ji Xin'an smiled at her, thinking to himself that he must find a good assistant for Song Ge, and couldn't let another incident like the military uniform happen again, as it had been a huge blow to her.
Then he looked at the next one. "Fan Bingbing, your Jin Suo is also very good, and you are much more beautiful than on TV."
"You look very beautiful too, I really didn't expect to see the true face of the legendary An Xin." Fan Bingbing also looked a bit awkward, not having the aura of "Fan Ye" after all these years.
"We are preparing for the second part and it's all the same cast." Song Jiangliang's words made the two actors' eyes light up, making a second part means even more increased popularity.
Ji Xin'an walked towards the actors of the currently popular TV series "Love to the End", and she knew that after many years, Old Xu was still both a director and a blogging queen, and from then on, her popularity never diminished.
The male lead who later married Tian Hou, although he has been plagued by rumors for many years, is also considered a first-line star.
After Ji Xin'an met with all the stars, Song Jiangliang pointed to the crowd and said, "An An, most of these artists have received invitations from HN, but they didn't abandon our company to seek better opportunities. Some directly refused after receiving the invitation, while others even handed the matter over to me to handle. Their loyalty to our company is beyond doubt."
Actually, there is no absolute loyalty. It's just that Song Jiangliang accepted Ji Xin'an's suggestion at the time and imitated the Korean entertainment industry of later generations. By signing contracts with stars for longer periods and increasing the penalty for breach of contract, because now most domestic signings will not sign for many years. If they can't come out, it would be a waste of company resources. But Song Jiangliang believed in his own vision, and these two TV dramas' newcomers were also the ones Ji Xin'an wanted to sign, so he signed them without hesitation. And these artists are eager to stay with the company for a few more years, while the penalty is not only for the artists but also constrains the company, so most of them are willing to do so.
Moreover, unlike the Korean entertainment industry, they do not have a low treatment for stars, but rather relatively high commissions and treatments are the highest in the entire industry. Therefore, regarding HN's poaching action, one is that the liquidated damages are too high, and the other is that although the treatment they offer is slightly higher than what HN has now, it is still far inferior to what we have here.