Of course, with Liao's current status, as General Manager Zheng Changsheng said, as long as it is a company person, don't care who you are, choose whoever you want! In fact, an artist whose first album sells over 1 million copies within two months of its release and may sell 2-3 million more in the future, with five songs simultaneously on the Golden Melody Chart, would definitely be worth any agent's effort to sign. So, it's only a matter of her choosing who she wants to work with, not whether anyone is willing to represent her.

  After a moment, Liao Liao said: "Then it's still Xiao Ge, after spending this month together, I think his ability is strong enough, and his temper matches mine! Hmm, he's the one, pretty good!"

  Huang Wenjuan nodded, "Then I'll go back and tell President Zheng."

  Then she wrote a few strokes on her notebook and turned to the next page.

  "The fifth thing, commercial performances. Zheng said that the company has already received three to four hundred invitations for your commercial performances, with the highest offer reaching 250,000 yuan per show..."

  Before she could continue, Liao Liao waved his hand to interrupt her and said directly: "You can reply to Zheng Zong directly on this matter, just say that I won't accept any commercial performances."

  Huang Wenjuan was taken aback for a moment, then carefully said: "Sister, this... isn't quite right, is it? I saw that yesterday when they mentioned this, Zheng and the others were all so excited! Think about it, one game is 2.5 million, and supposedly they want to directly sign twenty games, which would be a total of 50 million! This is simply like they're giving away money, even using a shovel to scoop up money wouldn't be that fast! If you directly reject all of them and don't accept any games, I'm afraid Zheng will not be very happy."

  Liao Liao thought for a moment and said calmly: "This album, if it sells more than 2 million copies, that's definitely possible. If it sells 3 million copies, that's also very likely. Assuming it sells 2 million copies, after deducting costs from Zheng's side, we can at least make a profit of 40-50 million, right? So, my point is this: I won't take on commercial performances!"

  Huang Wenjuan seemed to want to persuade her again, but in the end she didn't say anything.

  Liao Liao picked up the cup and took another sip of water, calmly saying: "Continue, next is the sixth item! You hurry up and finish reading, then we can do what we need to do!"

  Huang Wenjuan curled her lips, thinking that even with hundreds of millions of votes, she wouldn't make a profit. Probably in the entire circle, there aren't many like this, but... who made her Liao Liao?

  If she wasn't such a character, would she have spent 400,000 yuan to buy songs from Li Qian who was nobody back then? If she hadn't bought those few songs, could she be as popular as she is now?

  So, think carefully about it, it's character that determines fate!

  Liao Liao's personality plus musical talent, destined her to be a superstar!

  But oneself is just destined to be a small assistant!

  Following Liao Liao's side and pretending to be a tiger for a moment, I'm already so happy that I could fly up from the ground...

  She coughed and continued reading. "The sixth thing, endorsement. The company has received three invitations for you to endorse their products, one is down jacket, one sells windbreakers, and the other makes sunglasses. Uh, the initial quotation for the endorsement fee is..."

  Before she could finish speaking, Liao Liao directly said: "Forget about the down jacket, I'd rather not wear a down jacket to shoot an ad. My frame is already big, and wearing a down jacket would make me look even more unattractive!"

  Huang Wenjuan was taken aback for a moment, then said timidly: "But down jackets are the most expensive! Actually... sis, with your figure, you look good in anything. Why don't you think about it some more?"

  Liao Liao smiled and supported her cheeks, still shaking her head. "No, no! That windbreaker can be considered, wait until Xiao Ge's side is settled and let him be my agent to discuss it. That sunglasses... I like sunglasses!"

  Then she waved her hand impatiently, "Next one next one, I haven't touched the piano for over a month, hurry up!"

  Huang Wenjuan pouted again, jotting down two more notes in her notebook before continuing: "Lastly, the company has received invitations from seventeen TV stations for their New Year's Eve shows. The main ones are the Spring Festival Gala, but among them, there are three that are particularly important: Shuntianfu TV Station's Mid-Autumn Festival Gala, Dongfang Xingwei TV Station's New Year's Eve Concert, and Huaxia TV Station's Spring Festival Gala. Mr. Zheng's opinion is that we can't refuse any of these three shows, no matter if they offer us a performance fee or not! Of course, the Spring Festival Gala has the biggest stage, so they get to choose first. They chose 'My Hometown', and also requested that you can't sing this song on any other TV station before the Spring Festival Gala. So, Shuntianfu TV Station's Mid-Autumn Festival Gala chose 'Unfinished Love', while Dongfang Xingwei's New Year's Eve Concert asked for three songs: 'Devotion', 'Wildflower', and 'Cheers, Friends'."

  Liao Liao pouted.

  It's not about being pretentious, this is different from commercial performances or endorsements. Being able to receive invitations to perform at the most influential evening parties of several TV stations at the same time proves your status in the industry. So, as Zheng said, refusing is not an option!

  It's just... you can even divide those five songs among yourselves...

  She nodded finally, "I'll follow the company's arrangement."

  Huang Wenjuan let out a sigh of relief, just wanting to close the book and declare this meeting and communication completed, but then suddenly thought of something unprofessional - there was still one thing that hadn't been clarified, what to do about it?!

  Then she quickly turned back to the first page, took a look and asked: "What's next for publicity?"

  Liao Liao waved his hand, sat up straight on the sofa, and said seriously: "These seven things, MV and new song, no problem. Celebration banquet, go invite Xie Lao, no problem. Agent, we've discussed it before, endorsement also discussed before, evening party I also agreed to... then... commercial performance I won't take, and there's the follow-up publicity issue, you tell Zheng Zong about it, just say I'm very tired, and also want to take out some time to quietly write a few songs myself. So, one radio station, one TV station, one newspaper plus one magazine, just these four, let Zheng Zong and the publicity department go choose, the rest can be pushed away!"

  Huang Wenjuan was stunned by his words and finally lowered her head to jot down a few notes in her small notebook before looking up at Liao Liao.

  "So, it's up to you to arrange my schedule from now on?"

  Huang Wenjuan nodded blankly.

  Liao Liao said, "Alright, for the next month, I'll definitely be busy non-stop. There's nothing much to say about that, but starting from late October until New Year's Day, you help me arrange things so that those two months are completely free of any matters!"

  Huang Wenjuan blinked and asked: "Write a song?"

  Liao Liao nodded. "Yeah, write a song!"

  Thinking of what Zheng had quietly asked in the company yesterday, the little assistant blinked and twisted her body unnaturally, saying: "Then... for your next album, you're not planning to have Li Qian help with writing songs or producing?"

  Liao Liao turned his head to look at her. A little puzzled, but still patiently said: "Of course I do, I'm not stupid, if I don't find Li Qian, who else can I invite to sing?"

  Huang Wenjuan felt relieved as soon as she heard this.

  Yesterday, Zheng had already mentioned this concern, and before he spoke up, she, as the person closest to Liao Liao and who should have understood her best, actually had some worries too.

  Liao Liao is certainly a very intelligent person, but even intelligent people can make mistakes.

  Her album was ignited by Li Qian's five songs, and no one would have any objections to this. And when she insisted on buying those five songs and using them, it was also something that Liao Liao could be proud of. However, don't forget, she is also a creator!

  She can also write songs!

  And she's also a proud and arrogant person!

  So... who dares to guarantee that after becoming popular, she won't have a little impulse in her heart and then decide to make the next album on her own? Who can also guarantee that her self-produced album will be as popular as this one?

  If she had to force herself to come at the right time, she would have fallen over instead.

  This is the situation that Zheng wants to avoid at all costs, and it's also what Huang Wenjuan, this little assistant, is worried about in her heart. Because over the past month of promoting this album, as it gets more and more popular, Liao Liao has actually already shown a bit of his true nature.

  That's...unacceptable!

  But anyway. Now hearing Liao Liao say that he will continue to invite Li Qian to sing, Huang Wenjuan suddenly felt that she could put her heart at ease - even if Liao Liao wanted to write a few songs himself, it didn't matter, as long as they were like this album. With Li Qian's few songs as the finale, it should be no problem. Even if it wouldn't sell as well as this one, at least it wouldn't be a flop!

  No doubt, now in Zheng Changsheng, Zhao Meifeng, and even Huang Wenjuan's heart, Li Qian's works are a guarantee of selling seats. In Liao Liao's new album, there must be at least three or two songs to make it a hit.

  Because the victor is always right.

  However, at this time, before Huang Wenjuan could even finish her sentence, Liao Liao said: "But I still want to try and see if I can write something great myself. If I can do it myself, then we can talk about asking Li Qian to sing it later!"

  Huang Wenjuan was taken aback, frightened and shivered, and quickly straightened her back to look at Liao Liao, "Sister, don't be impulsive, if you want to write songs, I'll make sure to arrange the time for you, guarantee that nothing will disturb you in those two months, but... invitations should still be sent!"

  Liao Liao heard this and looked at her for a moment, pointing at her and saying: "You see, you see, I knew you'd react like this!"

  Huang Wenjuan was shocked by what she heard.

  Liao shrunk back into the sofa and said, "Everyone thinks it's just my good luck that I met Li Qian and had a good eye for talent, so I insisted on buying several songs from him at a high price, which is why I became popular. But don't forget, I can also write songs!"

  She said with a tangled expression on her face, "Actually, I don't dislike Li Qian's songs at all. I want to open those two big books of his and see how many good songs are inside, then buy them all from him, no matter how much money he wants! But...I also want to prove myself! At least I have to prove it to Li Qian, hey, I can write songs too, look, my songs aren't bad, right?"

  Huang Wenjuan stared with wide eyes, but couldn't say a word.

  Liao Liao said this, it's really just human nature, but... sis, shouldn't we first guarantee sales before talking about anything else?

  At this time, I don't know if it was the five songs by Li Qian that had been overwhelming me for the past two months. When it came to her own creations, Liao Liao gradually became more and more enthusiastic. She snuggled into the sofa and said with a flourish: "Do you still remember when we went to buy songs from Li Qian? He opened his big notebook, flipped through it quickly, tore off a sheet of paper, then flipped again and tore off another sheet... I'm telling you, that scene has been replaying in my mind like a movie for the past two months! Do you know what that's called? That's called awesome! Imagine those legendary heroes from ancient times, like the whiskered guest, chatting and laughing with you as if they were ordinary people, but then they lightly wave their hand and suddenly behead someone thousands of miles away... doesn't it feel a bit similar?"

  Huang Wenjuan nodded blankly, and as Liao Liao thought about it, even she felt that it was a bit similar.

  Liao Liao became more and more excited, "I'm now famous, Li Qian's five songs made me overnight sensation, but I tell you, no matter how famous I am, as long as I think of that scene, as long as I think of the works that made me famous, just a few sheets of paper torn off by Li Qian from his notebook with a few casual strokes, I feel like I'm not even comparable to one of his little fingers!"

  She paused, her face filled with longing and excitement. "I know my talent can't compare to Li Qian's; what he does is almost beyond the capabilities of a normal person, let alone at just seventeen years old. But... I just want that one day, I'll take a few good songs to him, sit down together, slap them in front of him and say, 'Hey, look! These are my songs, give me some feedback!' And then he picks them up, takes a look, and his face is immediately shocked. He says, 'Wow, Liao sister, I didn't expect that your own songs would be so great! Why do you still need to buy songs from me?'... Can you imagine how cool that would be?"

  Huang Wenjuan still had a dull expression, facing Liao's excited and inquiring gaze. Although she subconsciously nodded, she couldn't help but ask: "Like this... is it satisfying?"

  Liao Liao nodded, "Of course! I also want to be a great hero!"

  Huang Wenjuan still seemed to be pretending not to understand, thinking that people who do music are indeed so weird? But the problem is, sister, you're already so popular, do you really need to go in front of Li Qian to seek this recognition? Besides, your popularity is due to your good singing skills and good songs, right? Then can't you just keep finding songs from Li Qian and sing them well? Why do you have to take your own weak creative side to collide with Li Qian's strongest point?!

  Yes, maybe you are indeed good at writing songs, but that's compared to others. Compared to Li Qian, can you still say you're good at writing songs?

  The little assistant was at a loss for words, but she still managed to ask in a strained voice, "Great Hero?"

  "Great hero!" Liao Liao said affirmatively.

  She paused for a moment, then deliberately explained: "It's just like Li Bai was appointed as an official by the emperor because he wrote good poems, but he wasn't satisfied at all. In the end, he was still dismissed with a generous gift of gold. What he wanted was not to be an official who writes poetry and songs for the emperor's entertainment, he wanted to be a prime minister, a great general, and what he hoped others would appreciate was his ability to govern the country and bring peace to the world... Okay, stop blinking, I'm almost dizzying you... If you don't understand, just say so, anyway, that's what I mean!"

  At this time, Huang Wenjuan said with a confused face: "Sister, I'm just a high school student who reads less books. Don't cheat me, isn't Li Bai... actually not recognized as someone who can't govern the country and bring peace to the world?"

  Liao Liao was stunned and speechless for a moment.

  But soon she shook her hand hard, as if to throw away this unintentional curse.

  "But I have to try!" she said firmly.

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