Be reborn and be happy to the fullest

Chapter 739: Using both hard and soft tactics to dominate the entertainment industry (2)

"Um, okay, this is fine... Thank you, thank you Mr. Li..."

What Li Shuo said were benefits that Han Renyi had never expected. To him, it was like pie in the sky. "Happiness" came so suddenly that he even stuttered when speaking!

First of all, Huale Newspaper is just a small newspaper and magazine under Century Huayue. At most, it has only a large office staff, plus some relationships with printing factories and publishing houses. All these added together are only worth a few million!

Secondly, Huale Newspaper has already been sold to Century Huayue once. Although it was not sold completely, 51% of the shares were sold. In other words, after Li Shuo took over Century Huayue, he was theoretically the boss of Huale Newspaper. Now, there is no need to continue to increase capital, except to give money to other shareholders.

Li Shuo was not polite and said directly: "You should thank me, because after the capital increase of Huale Daily, your shares have been almost reduced. All the hard work in the cultural field over the years has finally turned into cash flow back to your pocket..."

Now that you understand this, why do you still need it?

Before Han Renyi could ask any questions, Li Shuo continued, "Boss Han, when you stay with me for a long time, you will know that I will not only not let people who work for me suffer any loss, but also let them have more benefits than they think!"

Han Renyi was, after all, a well-known person, so he just nodded and said, "Okay, thank you, Mr. Li," without any corny flattery or oath of allegiance.

Li Shuo didn't care about this and ordered:

"Today's report in the Huale Newspaper is pretty good, but there are some side details that your editorial department didn't sort out clearly. So, I'll send someone over later, and you can summarize your opinions and finally produce some follow-up reports..."

"Ok"

After hanging up the phone, Han Renyi didn't take Li Shuo's follow-up instructions to heart: The matter has been done, and you have also agreed, so the subsequent follow-up reports can be dealt with casually...

But soon, Han Renyi was hit hard by the visitor!

"Excuse me, is this Mr. Han from Huale Newspaper? Hello, my name is Xu Yike, a Level 1 Secretary in the Secretary's Office of Shuoguo Group and a Special Consultant of Lengwen Publishing House of Lengwen Group. This is my business card!"

Xu Yike appeared in front of Han Renyi with her hair tied up, which was rare. She was wearing a retro old-fashioned long skirt, which was very consistent with the identity she introduced herself.

"Lengwen Group?" Han Renyi was shocked and quickly stood up to welcome them.

He had never heard of Shuoguo's secretariat, but Lengwen Group was well-known. After all, working in the field of writing in Lenghai inevitably required dealing with enterprises and institutions in charge of all aspects of "culture".

"I'm sure President Han has also heard that our boss not only founded the Shuoguo Group, but also serves as honorary president and senior consultant in Lengwen and Lengyi Groups. I am his assistant in Lengwen..."

Xu Yike explained briefly in words that Han Renyi could understand, and quickly got to the point. He took out some information and placed it in front of Han Renyi:

"This is the plan formulated by the secretariat and the editorial team of Lengwen regarding 'X's public opinion conflict'..."

Han Renyi was both surprised and shocked: It was fine that Li Shuo had influence over Leng Wen, but he actually treated Leng Wen the same way he treated Huale News? !

Compared with Lengwen, Huale News is not even as good as an ant!

Xu Yike was very satisfied with Han Renyi's expression. On the surface, she just said calmly:

"We believe that to win this battle of public opinion, we should first start from a professional perspective and take on the responsibility of popularizing science for the audience. For example, we should let the public understand that adapting a song is not plagiarism. It is also quite difficult to completely restore the charm and artistic conception of the original song..."

"Boss Han, are you listening? What do you think?"

After Xu Yike finished speaking, Han Renyi woke up as if from a dream, and nodded hurriedly, but felt that this was not solemn enough, so he hurriedly emphasized: "Secretary Xu, rest assured, I will complete this set of popular science work well..."

With the big sign of "Lengwen Group" in front, Han Renyi felt tremendous pressure and did not dare to neglect it. In the following half day, while studying the information brought by Xu Yike, he contacted some of his friends in the Lenghai music circle and asked for the opinions of many professionals.

At 2 p.m., the official Weibo account of Chinese Music News, which had criticized X, published a long article: "Adapted songs are also original works"!

The article is 3,000 words long, talking about everything from foreign music to domestic adaptations. To sum it up, it has one core point, telling all the audience in an authoritative tone that adapted songs are also original and are no less difficult than originals!

"What's going on with this Huale Newspaper? Wasn't it the one that criticized X a few days ago? Why did it suddenly change now?"

"Since this morning, I felt that something was wrong with this newspaper. Maybe it was co-opted."

"It may also be that Zhang Yi has offended too many people and has been collectively rejected by the traditional old guys!"

Official accounts like Hualebao don’t have many fixed fans, but because of their large size, they have many floating fans, most of whom are spectators. So everyone knows that since the end of this year’s China-Korea Song Festival, the Chinese music circle has erupted in waves of gossip, discussion, mutual abuse, and scolding...

The song "Little Apple" in the China-Korea Contest made Chopsticks Brothers surpass all other singers and become the most popular singer this year! Its author "X" is even more famous both at home and abroad. South Korea unanimously believes that "X is a South Korean". At first, there was relatively little attention paid to X in China. It was not until the "signing ceremony" that people in the circle suddenly realized that there seemed to be an extraordinary guy.

Where there is attention, there is controversy, so Zhang Yi and Huale Bao criticized "X's new song"...

Because "X" did not register on Weibo, there should have been no response or war of words, but no one expected that the second author of the "adapted song", Tan Jun, would stand up at this time!

Tan Jun is a distinguished professor of cold music and has produced many well-known film and television music. He is well-known in the industry. Zhang Yi is an "evil person" who likes to "make up news and stir up hot topics". He is resisted by traditional circles. So when the debate just started, many academic predecessors stood up to accuse Zhang Yi!

However, despite the large number of people accusing Zhang Yi, Zhang Yi fought back against a large group of people as 1VN: the old guys didn't understand how to use network traffic. They reasoned with Zhang Yi, but Zhang Yi played with their emotions. They got angry and were accused by Zhang Yi of showing off their seniority. In short, Zhang Yi, who had no shame at all, was a demon-level disaster to the traditional old guys!

The only good thing about this war of words involving more than 1V people is that it has stirred up the heat. Many people who originally did not pay attention to Chinese music have also started to pay attention to this circle, and even know that a talented composer with the stage name X has recently appeared in the country!

Just when Zhang Yi was dominating the spotlight, the Huale Daily, which had originally joined him in the war of words, suddenly changed its tone. First, it "publicly apologized to X", and today it published a standard whitewashing article!

So, just 10 minutes after Hualebao published the post on Weibo, Zhang Yi immediately reposted it and started to criticize:

"What nonsense! I should have thought of this long ago. Your Huale Newspaper is a traditional newspaper that has always been controlled by the old guys. When you attacked X before, did you think he was a youngster who wanted to steal your resources?"

"What? You publicly apologized to X yesterday. Did you just find out who X's background is? You feel like you can't afford to offend him anymore, so you immediately turned your guns around..."

You know what, Zhang Yi's unreasonable and unscrupulous tactics of accusing others at every turn can actually help him get the facts right sometimes!

Of course, most of the neutral onlookers don’t believe it. They only know that the war of words is still going on. Now it is no longer a question of X, but seems to have evolved into a “definition rights dispute” for Chinese music…

"This is ridiculous, you rubbish, you pervert. When I was in the music industry, your idiot brother wasn't even born yet..."

When Xu Yike came to Han Renyi's office again, he happened to see this old man in his fifties sitting in front of the computer, cursing and swearing!

"Um, Mr. Han, what's wrong with you?"

"It's still Zhang Yi. This guy is full of shit and doesn't make sense. I told him about the song arrangement, and he told me that Huale Newspaper was taken over by someone. We have always been upright and honest. When were we taken over by someone?"

"Well, indeed not! Even Mr. Li said that he would give Huale Newspaper full autonomy, and asked me to come here to cooperate with Mr. Han..."

Xu Yike certainly wouldn't say that she was sent by Li Shuo to supervise Han Renyi. The reason why she was chosen was because it would be convenient for Li Shuo to use cold articles to put pressure on Han Renyi!

However, as Han Renyi angrily complained about Zhang Yi, Xu Yike knew that his goal had been initially achieved, so he immediately changed his words and continued to comfort Han Renyi, saying, "Don't be too angry. Our boss has already launched a series of counterattacks. Zhang Yi won't be able to jump around for a few more days..."

"Oh? What method? Can I know?" Han Renyi asked curiously.

"The adapted song is called 'Unforgiven'. Its soundtrack will be released tomorrow at the latest! The song is of very good quality and is expected to trigger a sensation..."

As long as the work performs well, it will naturally slap the faces of all those who doubt it. This is also the most direct way to fight back.

Han Renyi's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said "OK" repeatedly, but then he heard Xu Yike casually say: "In view of the doubts raised by Zhang Yi and others, after the release of "Unforgiven", we will also invite many industry insiders to comment on it. President Han can comment on it then. Well, if you can comment on it, it would be the best..."

Why did Li Shuo repeatedly put pressure on Han Renyi, using both soft and hard tactics? It was naturally because of Han Er, who was as famous as Zhang Yi!

Compared with Zhang Yi, Tang San and other young masters, Li Shuo actually appreciates Han Er more because he has real works, and Han Er will also make movies and write songs in the future, which all belong to the business scope of Shuoguo Culture. So, since he knows that Han Er is Han Renyi's son, he naturally has to find an opportunity to get in touch with him, and it would be best if he can sign a contract with Shuoguo Culture!

"Well, I'll talk to him about this later, but... Miss Xu may not know that my boy has always had his own opinions since he was young. It's not easy for me to speak in front of him..."

Xu Yike smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. Just do what Mr. Han wants. The reason why I mentioned Mr. Han is that I remembered that Boss had praised him. I think if Mr. Han is willing to show his goodwill to Boss, he might be able to get some good resources from Shuoguo Culture... You should know the relationship between Leng Wen and our Boss. In addition, I heard that Mr. Han wants to make his work into a movie. Boss can help with these..."

This is to remind Han Renyi: It's not that Li Shuo is begging Han Er to do something, but that the two sides complement each other. Even many things that Han Er wants to do can be done through Li Shuo...

Hearing this, Han Renyi nodded heavily and agreed solemnly: "I have taken note of what Miss Xu said. Don't worry, I will discuss it with my son when I return..."

After two days of repeated tugs and pulls, Li Shuo sometimes hits Han Renyi with a big stick, and sometimes stuffs a sweet date, and Han Renyi has been tamed! Moreover, Han Renyi doesn't know that Han Er has not yet reached the peak, and can still make movies and write songs in the future. From his perspective, he thinks that if Han Er wants to develop in the film, television and music circles, it is necessary to make friends with Li Shuo.

After bidding farewell to Xu Yike, Han Renyi walked out of the newspaper office and immediately called his son Han Er. Half an hour later, when he rushed home, Han Er was already waiting there.

Seeing him coming back, Han Er immediately stood up and asked:

"Dad, why didn't you tell me about this earlier? Li Shuo is not a good person. Are you okay under his control?"

As a young cultural figure in Lenghai, Han Er has a wide range of information channels here, so he knows Li Shuo's background even better than Han Renyi:

The actual boss of the cold circle, the behind-the-scenes mastermind of cold literature and cold art, and a shareholder of the two super clubs SC\SV, in general, Li Shuo is a man who has absolute power in the cold sea.

Han Renyi would not say that he was bullied in front of his son. He just said vaguely: "Hey, it's not like we haven't been bullied before when we cooperated with Century Huayue. It's just a business matter. Now that Li Shuoxin has taken over Century Huayue, there are naturally a lot of things. The key is that your father offended him because of criticizing X, so there were some misunderstandings in the middle..."

He narrated what happened during this period from his own perspective.

After listening to this, Han Er calmly commented: "This is a typical tactic of stepping on someone and pulling them up. After these two days of pulling, you have become Li Shuo's subordinate."

Han Renyi said disapprovingly, "I'm about to retire, so it doesn't matter who I work for. Besides, Li Shuo gave me more than 100 million in dividends in one go. How could the shares of Huale Newspaper that I held before be worth so much?"

Han Er smiled and nodded: "Yes, I remember that during Zhang Nianhua's time, he wanted to use you but was unwilling to increase the budget for Huale Newspaper. Compared to him, Li Shuo is a good boss!"

"So, how do you plan to respond to Li Shuo?" Han Renyi asked.

"He wanted to win me over, so I gave him my first pledge of allegiance and completely joined the Shuoguo camp..."

"Ah? Isn't this... an excessive response?"

"Because the target is Zhang Yi. Dad, you know that among the four young masters, this guy is the one I hate the most!"