Chapter 44: The Difficult Task
When Ye Zhao put the negative film and recorder on the desk, Nagato was very lucky to hide his surprise. He did not expect that Ye Zhao actually got the evidence.
Ye Zhao's expression was very calm, "President Nagato, with these, with Fujimoto Ryo, I want to clean up my scandal, right?" The process of collecting evidence was not too difficult, it took a little time, but Ye Zhao had no pleasure in victory at all, because during the investigation, he clearly understood one thing, that is, this series of scandals, which was just BRUNING used Mika Ogawa who came to the door to fuel the fire.
If BRUNING had not exerted its strength, the power of this incident would be an ordinary expired scandal. The audience might complain about his girlfriend's vision or gossip about his family relationship, but soon the incident would be pushed back by more and more explosive news, and no one would care about the harmless old things. With BRUNING's intervention, this expired scandal became a big bomb that triggered public opinion. From his character, family, and even music, it almost led to the biggest scandal of the year.
The most terrifying thing is that this almost ruined everything about him, but BRUNING used Mika Ogawa's hand to make a little use. If BRUNING was going to make a desperate move this time, with their style, he would definitely handle the evidence completely. Ye Zhao might have to go back to his hometown by then.
This feeling of powerlessness is like meeting a giant while climbing a mountain. The giant waved to you, and a palm wind blew you out for 800 meters. After you finally climbed up, the giant told you that he just greeted you. In the face of absolute power, any cleverness is useless.
"With these, of course there is no problem." Nagato Daiyuki picked up the phone, "I will convene a meeting of the Public Relations Department and send the statements and evidence to major magazine media."
"President Nagato, we might as well report the Weekly New Trends directly than to issue a statement." Ye Zhao suggested, "With the evidence complete, there is no suspense to win the case. Just suing the weekly magazine and telling the verdict to the world, the persuasiveness will be higher, and it will also be a deterrent to other random magazines."
"Say the weekly magazine?" Nagato Daiyu hesitated for a moment. In the entertainment industry, it is a matter that needs to be considered repeatedly, because the lawsuit period is very long. For a long time, companies and magazines will remain hostile. Every time they offend a mouthpiece, they may cause countless troubles for themselves in the future.
"President Nagato is afraid of falling out with "Weekly Trend"? I am bluntly saying that there is no relationship between magazines and artists. As long as there is information, they will not let go, and they will never fall behind when following the trend. If they don't sue them, they will not show mercy because of this. Instead, they can really sue them and let them weigh it and be more restrained when writing short essays in the future." For example, "Weekly Wenchun" and Feiqiu are mortal enemies, but AKB's idols will still publish photos in this magazine, "Friday" and
The Feiqiu family has a good relationship, but in the face of shocking information, they have no mercy at all. In the entertainment industry, there is no absolute alliance or enemy. In the face of interests, alliances can be disintegrated, and the enemy can shake hands and make peace. The relationship between the Ran system and BEING is so bad, WANDS and Miho Nakayama still collaborated on a song "Love You More Than Anyone in the World". Xingchen and BEING belong to the same family. When Sakai Izumi was hacked, they also secretly promoted the fire because they regretted letting go of this big fish.
Nagato Daiyuki was silent for a moment and moved his finger on the 5 key to the 1 key, "...I am Nagato. Please help me notify the company's legal counsel. There is a meeting at 3 pm to ask him to attend. Yes, there is a lawsuit to be filed, and I want to hear his opinions." Hang up the phone, Nagato Daiyuki looked at Ye Zhao, "You owe me a favor."
"This is a win-win situation." Ye Zhao welcomed Nagato Daiyuki's sight, "Of course, I will remember this favor, President Nagato."
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The next day, a big headline was posted on the morning news bulletin board: BEING filed a lawsuit for false reports of its singer Ye Zhao with "Weekly Xinchao", demanding that "Weekly Xinchao" publicly apologize and ask for compensation, totaling 220 million yen for losses, etc.
The male anchor of Morning News held a telescopic pole and interpreted the news: "...In terms of the evidence currently disclosed by BEING, the loss of "Weekly Xinchao" is almost a foregone conclusion. Once the lawsuit is successful, "Weekly Xinchao" may face the largest compensation since their founding."
"Sure enough, Ye Zhaosang is innocent, right?" The female anchor who was a partner expressed her opinion.
"It seems that's right now. OK, let's go to the next one..."
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Ye Zhao no longer cared about how to fight the lawsuit between BEING and "Weekly Trend", he just needed to cooperate honestly and wait for the final result. It took ten days to go from the scandal to finding evidence to make the decision to sue the weekly magazine. During these ten days, Ye Zhao could fully understand the artist's ups and downs. The day before, there were ten thousand people, but the next day he became a rat crossing the street. Not only did the record ranking fall and quickly appear on the list, but when he returned to BEING headquarters with evidence, he was looked at by the young lady at the front desk of his company with a strange look that he wanted to speak but stopped. On the day he went to find Rio Fujimoto, he sat in Watanabe's car and saw his record discarded in the trash can on the side of the road through the window.
The victory of the lawsuit is just the first step to start again. To achieve victory in all, it depends on what the next step is to go. After all, such a big thing has been done. In the strange country of RB, even if Ye Zhao did nothing, and even he himself was a victim, many people still think that Ye Zhao caused trouble, and the reason is just because he was the center of this commotion.
From this point of view, Ye Zhao was very grateful to Nagato Daiyu. After the incident, he did not refrigerate Ye Zhao even kick him out of the company because he was afraid that the situation would expand. Even if he didn't have hope, he sent Oda Yuzo to assist Ye Zhao in investigating Ogawa Mika. Then he took the risk of breaking up the face and sued "Weekly Tide". For his newcomer, Nagato Daiyu can be said to have done his best. Although he is a businessman who is more profit-oriented, he is not a businessman who forgets his interests.
Why did Nagato Daiyuki still say that his interests are supreme when he was so helpful? Because Nagato Daiyuki just said that Ye Zhao owed him a favor, he couldn't wait to give him a task that was hard to describe: writing a single for WANDS.
"Can I say I can't do it..." Ye Zhao bargained, "If the president just wants me to provide songs to the seniors and colleagues in the company, anyone can do it."
"WANDS has not been released since June and the composers in the company have also written many good songs, but Uesugi and Shibasaki Kwan are not satisfied. I think you might as well gather your thoughts and write one to read. By the way, aren't you still attending the same party with Uesugi Kwan? Why do you say that you are so reluctant to write songs for them?"
"It's not that I'm reluctant. I just think that Uesugi Sang and Shibazaki Sang can compose their own songs, so why not use their songs to release singles? The style of the band is more appropriate for the members to grasp themselves." Ye Zhao said tactfully.
If he remembered correctly, after releasing the "Until the End of the World", WANDS was empty for half a year, and then as if expressing his determination to not surrender to Nagato Oyuki, who asked them to sing the assembly line POPROCK, he released the band's transformation work "Secret Night~It's My Treat~". This transformation was undoubtedly a failure in the commercial sense. Starting from this single, the band's sales experienced a cliff-like decline. It was also because of this. The rift between Nagato Oyuki, who hoped to sing back to POPROCK, and Uesugi Tsuke, who hoped to stick to himself, became increasingly serious until Uesugi Tsuke could no longer bear it and chose to withdraw from the team and withdraw from the company with Shibasaki Hiroshi.
Sure enough, after hearing Ye Zhao's words, Nagato Daiyu frowned and said, "Uesugi and Shibasaki Kan have creative abilities, but their style of music is destined to be difficult to sell well. It's okay to be a single C/W and album songs, but it's not enough to be the mainstay." Nowadays, WANDS is so popular, Nagato Daiyu certainly hopes that they will strike while the iron is hot and maximize their interests. The transformation Uesugi Tsuke just stepped on the tail of Nagato Daiyu, the businessman, and it would be strange if the two of them could get along.
Ye Zhao respects Uesugi Shin from the bottom of his heart. Unlike Ye Zhao, who has been selling singles for the best-selling from the beginning, Uesugi Shin really loves music and has a heart that pursues dreams even if it hits his head and is bleeding. When he was a teenager, he heard the song "Until the End of the World" in "Slam Dunk". Ye Zhao, who did not understand Japanese at all, thought it was a dream song. After becoming an adult, he knew the meaning of the lyrics and also understood Uesugi Shin's life trajectory. This song "Until the End of the World" is not so much a dream song, but rather a song of dream breaking, and a helpless and stubborn roar of Uesugi Shin who was bound by shackles.
Thinking of Uesugi Seng who was silent during the first BEER meeting, Ye Zhao said: "Then I'll give it a try, President."
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Of course, Ye Zhao would not give a best-selling golden song to Uesugi. Even though he knew that others hated mustard the most, he would still keep feeding mustard to others. Unless he had a grudge against this person, he would have done so much unethical. Uesugi has his dream to stick to, and Nagato is very lucky to have his ideas and policies to implement. If both parties are satisfied, it is a thankless trouble if you are not careful.
Chapter completed!