In the conference room.
Zhao Tiancheng was very excited and talking non-stop, going through the plans down to every detail.
There were also seven agent representatives from various companies sitting around.
Zhao Tiancheng: "After all, the show originated from our company, so Destiny's group contract will be signed with South-North Entertainment. No problem with this arrangement, right?"
Cheng Xue: "I only care about the profit distribution and whether my artist's personal business will be affected or not?"
Zhao Tiancheng hit the table and said, "It will definitely not affect anything! Each member still has her own company, and personal jobs will of course be decided by the original company. We at South-North are only responsible for the group contract and business for the seven members of Destiny!"
Zhao Tiancheng: "Regarding profit distribution, it will be 70-30 split, for any group business that comes through us at South-North Entertainment, it will be 30% for us and 70% for Destiny. As for how it gets distributed within each company after that, we won't get involved. But we still hope that you can give the girls a bigger share."
Cheng Xue: "You don't need to worry about my artist."
Having said that, everyone in the conference room looked towards the corner.
Zhu Sha was sitting there smiling gracefully.
Next to her, Nan Xiangwan was eating and drinking merrily!
The two artists from Hua Wan Entertainment were Destiny's #1 and captain positions. With unbeatable business ability and immense popularity, who would dare shortchange them?
Especially since Nan Xiangwan was the big boss of Hua Wan Entertainment. With her watching over, Zhu Sha was well protected for boundless future success!
Indeed no need to worry about them.
As for the other five members, it would depend on their original companies' arrangements.
Ge Dongxuan was doted on at Hengtian Entertainment, so her profit share should not be low.
Next, it would be up to each company's agent to finalize cooperation contracts with South-North Entertainment.
Zhao Tiancheng said expectantly, "I hope Destiny can exist forever. Although today we only signed a 5-year contract, I hope we can renew after five years."
Cheng Xue tilted up her chin, "We'll renew if South-North Entertainment doesn't go bankrupt."
Zhao Tiancheng was rendered speechless.
This agent sure was savage!
Did she have some vendetta against his company South-North Entertainment?
Seeing she was from Hua Wan Entertainment, oh right, a competing company.
After signing the contracts, Zhao Tiancheng went on to finalize the details: "Do all the artists have assistants? We will arrange a team of two assistants here to handle the group's daily affairs. Of course best if you already have personal assistants, two people may be overwhelmed with work."
Since they were all new trainees debuting, only Nan Xiangwan and the darling Ge Dongxuan doted on by Hengtian Entertainment had assistants.
Cheng Xue said she would immediately arrange a personal assistant for Zhu Sha, no need for South-North Entertainment to worry about that.
Zhao Tiancheng also promptly had his subordinates look for team assistants. Out of the seven artists, only three had assistants, too miserable!
The other four looked expectantly, they would have assistants now too!
Although sharing two assistants between four people, they could hire more separately once they started earning money.
Zhao Tiancheng: "Lastly, the group schedules, albums, concerts etc, we hope your original companies will not interfere with those affairs related to the team. Now that we have signed the contracts, South-North Entertainment will certainly handle them properly!"
The agents all kept silent.
Cheng Xue was nonchalant, she did not seem to have any intention to raise objections, South-North Entertainment surely would not dare shortchange the big boss of her company Hua Wan Entertainment!
After seeing the agents out, Zhao Tiancheng finally felt some relief.
Fortunately the contracts were reasonable, no arguments or trouble.
The members' personal matters fall under their original companies, they can take endorsements or shows as they see fit!
But all matters regarding Destiny as a group are under South-North Entertainment's control!
South-North Entertainment placed great importance on Destiny's development!
For Nan Xiangwan, the system prompt sounded after the contract signing concluded.
[Ding!]
[Collab: Destiny]
[Triggered Quest: Please compose the title track for Destiny's debut album]
[Quest Reward: To be granted after completion]
[Quest Failure: 30% of profit share deducted]
Nan Xiangwan took a huge crunchy bite of her apple and chewed vigorously.
She didn't even know if the arrangement for the previous song "Wasteland" was done yet?
And now being asked to write another song again?
This system was never obedient!
When the conference room had mostly emptied out, the seven girls sat forward.
Zhao Tiancheng smiled and said, "Congratulations, Destiny girls!"
Everyone started clapping, while Nan Xiangwan continued eating.
Zhao Tiancheng: "Now that the contracts are signed, let's decide on the development direction next. Since each of you has a very different personality and image, and do not belong to the sweet and cute category, we have tailored a set of plans for you. Take a look."
Saying so, he presented seven documents.
Zhu Sha and Ge Dongxuan started reading them seriously.
Although Destiny had seven members, they were not treated equally. The company had clearly done comprehensive planning, with different styles for each person yet still aligned to the group's overall direction.
Yun Qian, Sha Ling, Deng Si Nan, Zhou Wenxia were somewhat surprised. Their previous companies never gave them a chance to participate in discussing such content, they just did as instructed.
Here, they could actually be involved?
As for Nan Xiangwan, she casually flipped through it and started eating the fruits at the bottom layer of her lunchbox.
The image direction tailored for her was Queen style.
No need to change.
After looking through the documents sufficiently.
Zhao Tiancheng asked, "Destiny itself has a bold and powerful name. The overall direction we tailored is strong, cool and stylish. Do you all like it?"
Nan Xiangwan: "Sounds good, very handsome!"
Zhu Sha: "I'll listen to Nan Xiangwan."
Ge Dongxuan: "Me too, I'll listen to Nan Xiangwan."
The other four also nodded, they'll listen to Nan Xiangwan!
Zhao Tiancheng was stumped, what was the point of that discussion then?
He went on, "For the album, I hope we can have as much original work as possible. You are all talented, able to compose, write lyrics, arrange music, choreograph dances etc. Shouldn't be a problem to produce the album yourselves right?"
Nan Xiangwan: "How many songs?"
Zhao Tiancheng: "8 or more?"
Nan Xiangwan rolled up her sleeves, looking ready to start working immediately, "No problem! Can finish tomorrow?"
Zhao Tiancheng was shocked and quickly waved his hands, "No no no, not for tomorrow, at least two months right. The new album in two months, tour in three months during the summer break."
Nan Xiangwan: "Oh okay."
Got excited for nothing.
But since it's a total of eight songs, can include "Wasteland" too.
She composed it anyway, just the arrangement was by someone else.
Zhao Tiancheng: "The two months of creation are very important, but you can't disappear from the public eye either. Having just debuted, you must keep up your presence and interact with fans. So the company has a two-month group life plan."
"We booked a villa for you to live in, of course a nice one, you are stars now. As the main planner, South-North Entertainment will treat everyone well!"
"This villa will serve as Destiny's base. You can live, create or rest there, also do livestreams."
"It has been fully cleaned and furnished, you can move in tonight."
In the conference room.
Zhao Tiancheng was very excited and talking non-stop, going through the plans down to every detail.
There were also seven agent representatives from various companies sitting around.
Zhao Tiancheng: "After all, the show originated from our company, so Destiny's group contract will be signed with South-North Entertainment. No problem with this arrangement, right?"
Cheng Xue: "I only care about the profit distribution and whether my artist's personal business will be affected or not?"
Zhao Tiancheng hit the table and said, "It will definitely not affect anything! Each member still has her own company, and personal jobs will of course be decided by the original company. We at South-North are only responsible for the group contract and business for the seven members of Destiny!"
Zhao Tiancheng: "Regarding profit distribution, it will be 70-30 split, for any group business that comes through us at South-North Entertainment, it will be 30% for us and 70% for Destiny. As for how it gets distributed within each company after that, we won't get involved. But we still hope that you can give the girls a bigger share."
Cheng Xue: "You don't need to worry about my artist."
Having said that, everyone in the conference room looked towards the corner.
Zhu Sha was sitting there smiling gracefully.
Next to her, Nan Xiangwan was eating and drinking merrily!
The two artists from Hua Wan Entertainment were Destiny's #1 and captain positions. With unbeatable business ability and immense popularity, who would dare shortchange them?
Especially since Nan Xiangwan was the big boss of Hua Wan Entertainment. With her watching over, Zhu Sha was well protected for boundless future success!
Indeed no need to worry about them.
As for the other five members, it would depend on their original companies' arrangements.
Ge Dongxuan was doted on at Hengtian Entertainment, so her profit share should not be low.
Next, it would be up to each company's agent to finalize cooperation contracts with South-North Entertainment.
Zhao Tiancheng said expectantly, "I hope Destiny can exist forever. Although today we only signed a 5-year contract, I hope we can renew after five years."
Cheng Xue tilted up her chin, "We'll renew if South-North Entertainment doesn't go bankrupt."
Zhao Tiancheng was rendered speechless.
This agent sure was savage!
Did she have some vendetta against his company South-North Entertainment?
Seeing she was from Hua Wan Entertainment, oh right, a competing company.
After signing the contracts, Zhao Tiancheng went on to finalize the details: "Do all the artists have assistants? We will arrange a team of two assistants here to handle the group's daily affairs. Of course best if you already have personal assistants, two people may be overwhelmed with work."
Since they were all new trainees debuting, only Nan Xiangwan and the darling Ge Dongxuan doted on by Hengtian Entertainment had assistants.
Cheng Xue said she would immediately arrange a personal assistant for Zhu Sha, no need for South-North Entertainment to worry about that.
Zhao Tiancheng also promptly had his subordinates look for team assistants. Out of the seven artists, only three had assistants, too miserable!
The other four looked expectantly, they would have assistants now too!
Although sharing two assistants between four people, they could hire more separately once they started earning money.
Zhao Tiancheng: "Lastly, the group schedules, albums, concerts etc, we hope your original companies will not interfere with those affairs related to the team. Now that we have signed the contracts, South-North Entertainment will certainly handle them properly!"
The agents all kept silent.
Cheng Xue was nonchalant, she did not seem to have any intention to raise objections, South-North Entertainment surely would not dare shortchange the big boss of her company Hua Wan Entertainment!
After seeing the agents out, Zhao Tiancheng finally felt some relief.
Fortunately the contracts were reasonable, no arguments or trouble.
The members' personal matters fall under their original companies, they can take endorsements or shows as they see fit!
But all matters regarding Destiny as a group are under South-North Entertainment's control!
South-North Entertainment placed great importance on Destiny's development!
For Nan Xiangwan, the system prompt sounded after the contract signing concluded.
[Ding!]
[Collab: Destiny]
[Triggered Quest: Please compose the title track for Destiny's debut album]
[Quest Reward: To be granted after completion]
[Quest Failure: 30% of profit share deducted]
Nan Xiangwan took a huge crunchy bite of her apple and chewed vigorously.
She didn't even know if the arrangement for the previous song "Wasteland" was done yet?
And now being asked to write another song again?
This system was never obedient!
When the conference room had mostly emptied out, the seven girls sat forward.
Zhao Tiancheng smiled and said, "Congratulations, Destiny girls!"
Everyone started clapping, while Nan Xiangwan continued eating.
Zhao Tiancheng: "Now that the contracts are signed, let's decide on the development direction next. Since each of you has a very different personality and image, and do not belong to the sweet and cute category, we have tailored a set of plans for you. Take a look."
Saying so, he presented seven documents.
Zhu Sha and Ge Dongxuan started reading them seriously.
Although Destiny had seven members, they were not treated equally. The company had clearly done comprehensive planning, with different styles for each person yet still aligned to the group's overall direction.
Yun Qian, Sha Ling, Deng Si Nan, Zhou Wenxia were somewhat surprised. Their previous companies never gave them a chance to participate in discussing such content, they just did as instructed.
Here, they could actually be involved?
As for Nan Xiangwan, she casually flipped through it and started eating the fruits at the bottom layer of her lunchbox.
The image direction tailored for her was Queen style.
No need to change.
After looking through the documents sufficiently.
Zhao Tiancheng asked, "Destiny itself has a bold and powerful name. The overall direction we tailored is strong, cool and stylish. Do you all like it?"
Nan Xiangwan: "Sounds good, very handsome!"
Zhu Sha: "I'll listen to Nan Xiangwan."
Ge Dongxuan: "Me too, I'll listen to Nan Xiangwan."
The other four also nodded, they'll listen to Nan Xiangwan!
Zhao Tiancheng was stumped, what was the point of that discussion then?
He went on, "For the album, I hope we can have as much original work as possible. You are all talented, able to compose, write lyrics, arrange music, choreograph dances etc. Shouldn't be a problem to produce the album yourselves right?"
Nan Xiangwan: "How many songs?"
Zhao Tiancheng: "8 or more?"
Nan Xiangwan rolled up her sleeves, looking ready to start working immediately, "No problem! Can finish tomorrow?"
Zhao Tiancheng was shocked and quickly waved his hands, "No no no, not for tomorrow, at least two months right. The new album in two months, tour in three months during the summer break."
Nan Xiangwan: "Oh okay."
Got excited for nothing.
But since it's a total of eight songs, can include "Wasteland" too.
She composed it anyway, just the arrangement was by someone else.
Zhao Tiancheng: "The two months of creation are very important, but you can't disappear from the public eye either. Having just debuted, you must keep up your presence and interact with fans. So the company has a two-month group life plan."
"We booked a villa for you to live in, of course a nice one, you are stars now. As the main planner, South-North Entertainment will treat everyone well!"
"This villa will serve as Destiny's base. You can live, create or rest there, also do livestreams."
"It has been fully cleaned and furnished, you can move in tonight."
