hollywood billionaire

Chapter 59
"Come on, refresh yourself."

Han Yi put the transparent coffee cup in front of Zhao Youzhen, and thoughtfully put the computer back half an inch.

"I see you are exhausted."

Hearing this sentence, Zhao Youzhen raised his head and glanced at Han Yi, pressing his temple with one hand, couldn't help shaking his head and laughing, and whispered something in Korean.

"You can speak Chinese, but I can't speak Korean." Han Yi pouted, "I kindly made you coffee, but you scolded me in your mother tongue."

"I didn't scold you."

Zhao Youzhen stopped the massage, hugged his hands, smiled helplessly and sighed.

"What I said was: 'I'm not tired, I'm Korean... a Korean who managed to survive in Daewon'."

"Great yuan."

Han Yi nodded thoughtfully, and sat on the guest chair opposite the girl.

"Is it such an exaggeration?"

"In our school, 82.1% of the students have entered SKY, and the admission rate is 20% higher than that of Yongren." Han Yi's question seemed to bring back memories of Zhao Youzhen. On the peninsula, thousands of miles away, "In Korea, people often say that it is four times and five times. If you only sleep for four hours a day, you can pass the exam, and if you sleep for five hours, you will fail the exam..."

"In Dayuan, we say 'Three Dangs and Four Dangs'."

"I'll go." Han Yi's eyes widened in surprise, "I'm going to die."

"That's why we drink it."

Zhao Youzhen rested her chin on her right hand, and poked the coffee lid with her left index finger. She smiled like Han Yi had never seen her show in front of outsiders.

"How did you know I like iced Americano?"

"Sometimes I think you know a lot, and sometimes I think you treat me like a fool."

Hearing Yuzhen's question, Han Yi couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Is there any Korean who doesn't like iced Americano? No, to put it another way, do you drink other coffee besides iced Americano?"

"That's right." Zhao Youzhen drank water like a kitten, without moving his paws, just lowered his head, took a big sip of iced coffee, then narrowed his eyes contentedly, and suddenly lifted his whole body backwards, letting out a long sigh of relief , "Ah, come alive."

In normal times, if someone saw this unadorned real face, Zhao You would be embarrassed for a long time without saying a word.But today, the girl seemed surprisingly comfortable and at ease.She yawned, clenched her fist and lightly tapped her shoulder, and looked at Han Yi with a smile.

"It should be the same on your side, right?"

"My third year of junior high school is like this. I have four cans of Nescafé coffee a day, two in the morning and two in the afternoon...but the sleeping time is not that exaggerated. Five or six hours a day can still be guaranteed." Han Yi thought for a while and replied , "I didn't know about it in high school, so I went directly to the International Department."

"I also became a deserter." Zhao Youzhen responded with a smile, "I told my family after my freshman year in high school that I'm going to America."

"I'm not a deserter."

Han Yi pretended to be annoyed and gave You Zhen a white look.

"I set my goal at that time, and I must come to the United States for the exam."

"For Michael Jackson?"

Han Yi told Zhao Youzhen about this anecdote in New York.

"Well, what's more, I want to see more while I'm young." Han Yi nodded and said with a smile, "When it comes to college, it's not just for learning knowledge. The farther you are from home, the faster you will mature. Since childhood My family thought I was spoiled and spoiled, and when they heard that I was going to study in the United States, some relatives secretly made a bet that I would be homesick in two or three months, crying and clamoring to come back.”

"result……"

Han Yi spread his hands and blinked at Zhao Youzhen.

"It's the fourth year."

"Are you pampered? You can't tell." Zhao Youzhen tilted his head with great interest, and carefully observed Han Yi for a long time, "I thought you were always so independent."

After all, most of the gourmet trips in New York were arranged by Han Yi, and all Youzhen needs to do is follow him dizzily.

"No, I didn't even wash my socks before I went abroad."

Thinking of the absurdity of being unable to take care of himself in high school, Han Yi grinned, obviously embarrassing himself.

"So, I'm very thankful that these years in the United States have made me a real man."

"I'm also grateful for my time abroad."

Having said that, Zhao You really restrained his smile a little.

"Let me stay away from people who want to stay away."

"Then do you still want to go to graduate school?" Seeing that the mood of the conversation gradually slipped into the abyss, Han Yi quickly changed the subject, "After graduation."

"I thought about it." Zhao Youzhen bit his lower lip and looked at Han Yi with complicated eyes, "I don't want to think about it now."

"why?"

"Ask knowingly?" Zhao Youzhen stared, knocked lightly on the table, and made a rare joke, "I'm Manager Zhao."

"Yes, manager." Han Yichao Youzhen saluted with a smile, showing off the Korean vocabulary he learned from Park Jaewoo, "Loyalty!"

"Unity." Zhao Youzhen replied wittily, and filled the room with laughter like silver bells.

"What about you? Shouldn't you continue reading?"

"Who said that?" Han Yi turned on the phone screen and shook it towards Yuzhen, "I just got my admission to Columbia University today."

"Are you going to... New York to study?"

Zhao Youzhen's smile froze for an instant, and even the tone of his voice became a little lower in an instant.

"I thought about it, but now I don't want to." Han Yi sent back the girl's words intact, "This time I recorded Columbia University, Penn University, and Northwestern University, but I won't go to any of them——I'll stay in Southwest University." It’s better to increase. USC’s art management major is also recorded, and I still want to stay in Los Angeles.”

After four years of hard work, he accumulated a GPA of 3.9, received four graduate admission letters from prestigious schools, and finally returned to China in a hurry due to family changes. This is the deepest regret in Han Yi's heart.In this life, he must wear the peacock blue Master Price hood around his neck.

"I also think... Los Angeles is better." Zhao Youzhen breathed a sigh of relief, and then, realizing that her abnormal behavior might lead to misunderstanding, she quickly wrapped her hair around her fingertips and explained falteringly, "My It means, um...you just bought a house here, and the company just started..."

"I understand, I understand." Han Yi smiled and waved his hands, teasing, "I can't do it without me, right?"

"Yes."

After a moment of silence, Yuzhen decided to focus on a truth tonight.She stared at Han Yi with burning eyes, and her voice was so soft that she could hardly hear it.

"I said, I said the company, the company can't do it without me."

Now Han Yi stuttered.

"Well, "Ocean Eyes"...the song, how is it?"

"The two contracts were just sent to Bili and Phineas this afternoon." Zhao Youzhen glanced at Han Yi with a half-smile, and said, "I also contacted Serb Garner's studio, and his agent Andy Kipnis said that Cerbon was mixing The Weeknd's new album. Was going to turn us down...and then I showed him the news."

Zhao Youzhen grabbed his mobile phone from the desk, clicked on the photo album, skillfully flipped to the screenshot, and handed it to Han Yi.

The latter took a closer look at the "Los Angeles Times" Company City column, author David Wu.

Headline — UTA Sells Minority Stake, Raises Funds for Aggressive Expansion.

"In order to promote its ambitious expansion plan, the United Artists Agency has sold a minority stake in the company to Parkway Capital and Han Capital to raise development funds. The timing of the two capital institutions' presence coincides with Hollywood's top brokerage companies scrambling to collect Ammunition, the rush to enter film and television production in a big way.”

Han Yi narrowed his eyes slightly and read softly.

"UTA said on Friday that the funds from Parkway Capital and Han Capital will be used to accelerate its growth plans and improve the quality of its customer service. Although UTA did not disclose specific details of the transaction, people familiar with the matter estimate that the two capital institutions will continue There are about 30% of the company's shares...Where are the people in the know, 41%, why is it about 30%?"

Under Zhao Youzhen's smiling gaze, Han Yi muttered a few words of complaint.

"In this privatized company, senior executive leadership will remain in place. UTA partners will also continue to maintain majority ownership and control of the company... Parkway Capital, headquartered in Irvine, is an investment management firm. Assets exceed US$850 billion. Han Capital is another emerging representative of Huaguo Capital in Hollywood in recent years..."

The news only had [-] concise and clear paragraphs, and Han Yi quickly read it all.He raised his head, returned the phone to Yuzhen, tapped on the screen, and said with a smile.

"It's okay, I didn't say anything bad about me. And the photo taken by the Los Angeles Times is pretty good. Do you think I should contact David and use it as an image?"

"Yes." Zhao Youzhen glanced at Han Yi's group photo with Douglas Le Pen and Jeremy Zimmer. Against the backdrop of the two old white men, the Asian face in the photo was carefully modified by the styling team, even It's a little more charming than it looks at the scene.

It must look good.

Otherwise, why do you think our Yuzhen took screenshots?

Just to show Serb Garner's agent?

"Having said that, after I sent the news to Andy and informed that there are still many cooperation opportunities in the future, he quickly agreed to allow Serbang to find time to do the post-production of "Ocean Eyes." Zhao Youzhen picked up the topic just now , "I asked Phineas to send the project file to Serbon's mailbox this morning, because there are few sub-tracks and the song structure is simple, so Serbon should be able to give us a version this Friday."

"Based on this time, that is to say... on the 16th or 17th at the earliest, the new remix version can be launched." Han Yi looked at the calendar and said.

"Are you planning to go online this weekend?"

"Of course not, I'm just calculating the fastest release time in theory." Han Yi shook his head, "We have to make a decision before moving, we have to get the channel distribution done first. It takes time to recruit people, and record companies connect to the backstage of major platforms It will take time...Moreover, what I think is, talk about the support of Apple Music with Jimmy and Andre first. Posting the song in a hurry, no exposure, no traffic, no one listens, and it doesn't make any sense."

At this point, Han Yi pointed to the Macbook in front of Zhao Youzhen and asked.

"By the way, what's going on with the playlist?"

"I'm still tidying up, but it's almost done." Zhao Youzhen slid his index finger across the touchpad, and the keyboard instantly lit up.She held the metal case on the edge of the computer and pointed the screen at Han Yi, "There are 362 playlists, and there are about 20 unfinished statistics."

"362 playlists?" Han Yi looked at the screen, then at Youzhen, with an expression of disbelief, "I found so many?"

"According to what you think, I only looked for the playlists on Spotify and Apple Music, and I didn't touch Deezer and Tidal, otherwise there would be more."

Zhao Youzhen didn't think there was any exaggeration in this number, and continued to explain with a calm face.

"The playlists I'm looking for are divided into three types: style, function and mood. For music style, I have picked out all the high-traffic playlists of alternative pop, indie pop, R&B and ambient pop. For function , I chose a playlist based on static activities such as meditation and hypnosis. There are about sixty or seventy songs... Then there are emotions, emotions are very simple, sad, peaceful, and some I think From the pop music-based nostalgic playlist, it feels more in line with the tone of "Ocean Eyes."

"Is this really your first time doing this kind of work?" Han Yi couldn't help asking, he was amazed at the Korean girl's precise control of the matching degree of the playlist.

"Yes." Zhao Youzhen looked at Han Yi with strong confidence and a hint of expectation for praise, "Look, if it's not suitable, I can change another batch."

"I think...it fits so well. Well done, Yujin!"

Han Yi slid the form and praised.For excellent work results, he will never begrudge praise, especially for Zhao Youzhen, a self-taught promotion expert.His focus was on the laptop screen, which made him ignore the sweet smile that Yoo Jin showed when his expectation was fulfilled.

When he raised his head again, Zhao Youzhen had already cleared his throat and returned to his normal demeanor.

"We don't need any more, let's start with these playlists first. Pick the [-] most streamed playlists first, and run a run after the songs are officially released... However, don't delete the other playlists. , This list can be kept, and when the staff of the promotion department come in, hand it over to them to continue recording every week. This is... the list of song list resources of our record company."

"it is good."

Hearing the subtle expressions in Han Yi's words, Zhao Youzhen's spirit was lifted, and his sore back straightened up.

"Is there anything else that needs to be done? I feel that there are still many things to be done." Zhao Youzhen's pupils danced with two groups of energetic flames, "The artist management company only contacts Bili, Phineas and Madison, isn’t that enough? If something goes wrong and they don’t sign, the company won’t even have a single artist.”

"What do you think?" Han Yi rubbed his chin and asked softly.

"UTA is a very good breakthrough." Zhao Youzhen blurted out the answer, "It is not necessary to contact superstars. There are so many musicians in their lineup, at least some of them will have the intention of changing managers, legally. It's not too difficult to say... Wait, you should already have a plan."

Zhao Youzhen's scrutinizing eyes hit Han Yi's face like a searchlight.

"I can think of it, there's no reason why you can't."

"You think so highly of me?" Zhao Youzhen's words were not normal compliments, but they made Han Yi very useful.

"Since I met you, I've never seen you do anything unprepared." Zhao Youzhen pushed her hair back and said softly.

"There are too many uncertain things in this world, so I have to prepare in advance... I was scared before." Han Yi shrugged noncommittally, "Even if you didn't talk about this topic, I was going to talk to you about it." On my side, I do have a list of artists that I want to contact next. Some are in UTA, and some are not.”

"I'm ready." The girl folded her hands on her chin, nodded and smiled.

"The first one is my favorite band..."

Talking about this topic, Han Yi seemed a little excited.He licked his lips before continuing.

"Paramore."

(End of this chapter)