Tokyo: The evil god doesn't want to be the top star

Chapter 411 Aggressive
"Xia Fan's hot search physique is too difficult to control. If you don't pay attention, he will go crazy..."

In Iijima Yozo's keen professional sense, Xia Fan always felt like a fully inflated life buoy...

No matter how you suppress him, he will surface as soon as he gets the chance, ride the waves and overcome all obstacles at the top of the public opinion wave.

"Well, the last item for discussion..."

"In terms of business cooperation, how are you contacting members? Have you got any new cooperation opportunities?"

After looking at his watch, Iijima Yozo remembered that he had an appointment, so he gathered his thoughts and brought the meeting to an end.

"The cooperation is not going smoothly..."

"For those invitations to cooperate that specifically mentioned Xia Fan, as soon as we mentioned replacing other members, their faces changed and they decisively rejected it."

"We have also approached many channels for long-term cooperation, but the platforms, programs and brands generally reported that the current number of individual fans and public opinion influence of AFO members do not meet their cooperation standards."

"The original words were, Xia Fan is always welcome to come over, but other members who are no different from ordinary people should not carry out activities alone..."

The business manager in charge of contacting business orders reported with a bitter face.

"Damn, these realistic guys..."

Iijima Yozo curled his lips in dissatisfaction, but there was nothing he could do.

With the support of "big data", the commercial value of each artist can be accurately calculated and measured by dozens of indexes and weights such as fan activity, popularity index, professional index, word-of-mouth index, endorsement index, etc.

The basis of every cooperation is naturally the "parity" of commercial value. Even if there are a few unequal collaborations, there is a scale of "resource exchange" behind them to measure them.

Therefore, the current collaboration in the entertainment industry is more real and cruel than the golden age of personal relationships and commercial flattery, and there is no room for "fake" at all...

The current commercial value of several members of the AFO group, except Xia Fan, is such that it is indeed difficult for them to obtain commercial cooperation resources unless S Company continues to invest some "resources".

"No……"

"The only business order we received today was from the kendama production and sales company 'Yumengyuan Wushuang Co., Ltd.' They want to nominate Xia Fan as a long-term spokesperson and have offered a generous offer equivalent to that of a first-tier artist, a full nine figures."

The business manager checked his empty work mailbox and confirmed.

"Meng Yuan Wushuang? Jian Yu? I've never heard of it. What a messed up manufacturer with stupid people and lots of money..."

"Didn't I tell you that no matter how much money Xia Fan offers for business cooperation, I will not accept it. I will always use the excuse that my schedule is too busy to recommend other members instead."

Iijima Yozo was in a bad mood and refused without hesitation.

"Also, Director Ozu of "The Secret of the Immortal" contacted me personally, wanting to invite Xia Fanduo to participate in the recording of a few episodes of the program, and he took the initiative to increase the notice fee tenfold..."

The business manager continued to report nervously.

"That meager announcement fee wouldn't be enough to fill the gaps in my teeth even if it increased tenfold... Old man Xiaojin, seeing that Xia Fan was popular, became addicted to freeloading, right..."

"I agree. Let's call it a day today."

Completely without patience to listen any further, Iijima Yozo waved his hand and stood up to adjourn the meeting.

"As long as this boring show can fill up Xia Fan's schedule and keep him from being exposed, and at least make some jokes, so that the production team can get something for free, so what?"

……

"Xia Fan: I have submitted the chorus plan to AFO, but the management team replied that they would discuss it after the theme song is released. I discussed it with Uncle Higashino, and he will try to communicate with us, so we may have to wait a little longer. Sorry..."

"Xia Fan: Is everything going well at the new song review meeting?"

That night, Xia Fan returned to the apartment and sent a message to Hoshina Hanami, explaining the situation of the chorus project.

"You haven't replied yet, is Hanami angry?"

"Given her personality, it shouldn't be the case. She was just too busy during the day and has fallen asleep?" But after half an hour, there was still no reply from Hoshina Hanami.

Just when Xia Fan was struggling over whether to make a phone call to ask...

On the phone screen, an incoming call from a person named "Yamazaki Hiroshi" popped up.

"Section Chief Yamazaki? It's so late, what's the matter?..."

He picked up the phone with some confusion.

"Um, Xia Jun, I'm sorry to bother you, but here's the thing..."

On the other end of the phone, Hiroshi Yamazaki recounted what happened at the review meeting in an apologetic tone.

"Surely, something like this happened..."

"I'm sorry, Section Chief Yamazaki, please tell Director Uchida and Ms. Fukada that I don't have time to interview them."

"Also, I have already licensed this song to Hanami, so I won't change my decision."

After listening, Xia Fan answered in a firm tone.

"I also know that Xia Jun will definitely respond in this way. Tomorrow I will find the Minister of Communications and help you formally reject them."

Yamazaki Hiroshi chimed in, and even through the phone one could seem to see him nodding and bowing.

He had already guessed Xia Fan's attitude, but the music department "owed the manuscript first", so he had to go through the process and convey the opinions of the performing arts department.

"No, it's not just a simple refusal."

"The Entertainment Department and Ms. Fukada would never have come up with something like this at the review meeting if they hadn't listened to the demo and confirmed the quality of the song..."

"Someone must have leaked the information about my new song to them in advance, right?"

On the other end of the phone, Xia Fan asked politely as always.

"Xia, Xia Jun, what do you mean?"

But this question made Hiroshi Yamazaki feel like he was falling into an icy cave.

"Section Chief Yamazaki, I remember both the terms of my agreement and the internal working procedures of Company B..."

"Song demos cannot be listened to without authorization, and anyone who has contact with them cannot disclose relevant information without authorization, right?"

"When this happened, not only did Company Be violate the contract with me, but someone inside the company also violated relevant regulations?"

Xia Fan continued to remain calm but asked aggressively.

"Yes... there is such a rule..."

"Mr. Xia, let me make it clear in advance that no one in the music department, including me, would leak this information to the performing arts department from beginning to end!"

Yamazaki Hiroshi answered along his line of thought, but suddenly he felt a chill down his spine and made a statement first.

In Xia Fan's words, he felt a strange and cold aura that only belonged to those in a higher position.

"I believe in you and the music club, and I also believe that President Tachibana and Hanami will not leak this song..."

"So, how did the performing arts department get the song demos in advance?"

"As a music producer, I ask Bethesda to initiate an internal investigation according to procedures and confirm the channel through which the song information was leaked."

Xia Fan put forward his request word by word.

(End of this chapter)