In fact, there are differences between Yu Dong and Jimmy in the way they treat their artists.
Jimmy believes that there is no need to pay too much attention to the private lives of artists, as long as they do a good job. To put it bluntly, the artist and the company have a cooperative relationship.
If there is a problem in an artist's life, the company will fix it if it can. If it can't, it will throw them away.
Because in Jimmy's view, non-creative artists are not rare. They are everywhere. If one disappears, many more can be cultivated at any time.
But Yu Dong doesn't think so. He feels that artists are subject to too many temptations, and if they are not managed well, problems can easily arise.
Once the frequency of artists' problems increases, it will not only cost their companies, but also the entire industry.
Since Deep Space Company wants to be the leader in the domestic entertainment industry, while making money, it must also shoulder its responsibilities and strive to maintain a healthy ecosystem for the entire industry.
The two discussed this issue, but soon reached a consensus, and the consensus was to listen to Yu Dong.
Of course, Jimmy also analyzed with Yu Dong the disadvantages of treating artists in this way.
He told Yu Dong that managing artists so strictly might not be a problem now, because the artists haven't had a good life yet.
But over time, some artists may become dissatisfied. After all, the company's management of them will reduce their income.
Take Hu Jing as an example. She is very popular now and her income is also very good. But if Deep Space Company does not restrict her from accepting activities and advertising, her income will definitely increase significantly.
Some time ago, Deep Space Company just rejected an underwear advertisement for Hu Jing. The underwear company is domestic and was only established this year. It has great ambitions and is quite generous. It said that as long as Hu Jing endorses it, they are willing to provide two years and five years.
Millions of endorsement fees.
This was 1999, an era when many actors were earning less than five figures. You could get five million for half a day to shoot a commercial. You can imagine how tempting this was.
Not only was it a matter of advertising, Deep Space Company also restricted Hu Jing from taking roles. After she became famous, many crews approached her to film movies, but they were basically rejected by Deep Space Company.
If Hu Jing gets a little hot-headed, he may terminate his contract with Shen Kong directly.
Hu Jing did not terminate her contract with Shen Kong because of this incident. Firstly, because Yu Dong was her teacher and the relationship was far beyond that between an ordinary boss and an artist. Secondly, because she was not stupid and knew how to listen to the company's arrangements. Although
You will lose small immediate profits, but your future development will definitely not be bad.
But it will be hard to say when other artists encounter this kind of thing in the future. Not everyone can resist the temptation of millions.
This is what Jimmy is worried about. He is worried that Yu Dong is too strict and will force the artists away.
However, Yu Dong doesn't particularly care about this. There are many artists in the world, and Shen Kong doesn't need to care about the coming and going of a few artists.
Rather than relaxing on them and letting them sink, it is better to let them leave as soon as possible. To be more realistic, even if these people explode and negative news is everywhere in the future, as long as they do not affect the Deep Space Company.
…
July 21st, Wednesday.
"If you find an author who has a book signing on a Wednesday instead of a weekend, you should know that this author is special."
At the entrance of Little Bear Bookstore, Caitlin stood on tiptoes and looked into the bookstore while smiling and teaching her cousin Hathaway her experience.
Hathaway smiled and said: "Isn't this long queue at the door enough to explain it? Caitlin, did you just listen to what they said? There are easter eggs in the new book "The Da Vinci Code"."
"What Easter egg?" Caitlin's attention was still on the bookstore and she asked without looking back.
"I didn't say anything specific, I just said that if you find this easter egg, you can get a set of collector's edition books based on the easter egg."
"A set of collector's edition books?" Caitlin looked back at Hathaway, "What do you mean?"
Hathaway shook her head, "I don't know either. You should have heard what the two boys said when they walked over just now."
Caitlin curled her lips and said, "I didn't pay attention, but the news about Easter eggs should be unreliable. This kind of thing is usually done for publicity, but the official didn't reveal any information at all, so it must be fake."
"Is it?"
"Of course, if more people don't know about it, then the publicity will be ineffective." Caitlin said very firmly, "Hathaway, you are still young and don't know much about these things. I follow the activities of Deep Space Company.
I've been there many times and I know their usual routines."
"oh."
Hathaway nodded, expressing her belief in Caitlin's words.
Caitlin wasn't actually bragging. She had indeed been following Deep Space Company's activities. Even YU's autograph session was her third time attending.
Deep Space Corporation will always have some interesting promotional methods, but they are always the same, and Caitlin can still figure out the rules.
Caitlin believes that it is impossible for Deep Space Company to conduct activities secretly. Even if it is secretly, it is just pretending to be secretive. Unlike this, the autograph signing has started and no one knows the content of the activity.
But soon, Caitlin began to doubt her judgment.
Because after the queue entered the bookstore, she saw a set of books on the front shelf.
There are a lot of books in this set, the covers are uniform and beautiful, and the names on the spine are clearly visible. These are YU's novels.
Caitlin roughly counted, and there were a total of seventeen books in it. It did not cover all of Yu Dong's works, but it was basically about the same.
Moreover, Caitlin also noticed that the two books "Old Books" and "The Crowd" were placed together, and there was a purple horizontal stripe at the lower end of the spine of both books, which was not found in other books.
Does this mean that the two books are officially regarded as related works? After all, the room in "The Old Book" has been mentioned many times in "The Crowd".
Hathaway also saw this set of books. She pointed to one of them and said, "It seems that there are some larger papers in "The Crowd" that have been folded."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Caitlin nodded, she also saw it.
The original version of "The Crowd" did not have this kind of paper, she remembered it clearly.
These papers should be unique to the collector's edition. They may be manuscripts of some authors, or they may be other works of the author attached, such as paintings, which are generally related to the works.
Caitlin frowned and the collector's edition appeared. Does this mean that what Hathaway just said may be true?
But why didn’t the Deep Space Company publicize it in advance?
That's not right. If the Deep Space Company didn't publicize it in advance, how did the two boys know the news just now?
Caitlin is completely confused. What is Deep Space Company's plan this time?
But no matter what Deep Space Company's plan is this time, Caitlin is very interested in that set of books.
A bookstore staff happened to be walking by, and Caitlin quickly stopped him, "Hello, are the books on the shelf for sale?"
With a polite smile on his face, the staff member shook his head and said, "Sorry, madam, this set of YU personal collection books is not for sale to the public. If you want to obtain it, you need to go through special channels."
"Excuse me, what is the special way?"
"I'm sorry, actually I don't know either. What I can tell you is that you need to explore everything by yourself. Please remember the theme of the new book."
The staff left, and Caitlin stared at the books on the shelf in a daze.
A boy in a peaked cap in front of her smiled and said, "The theme of the new book is semiotics. If nothing else, YU should have buried clues in the novel. Only by deciphering the clues can you obtain this set of collector's edition books."
A bald man in front also said, "I don't think every copy of "The Da Vinci Code" contains clues. Otherwise, the collector's edition wouldn't be enough to give away."
Caitlin looked at the bald man and couldn't help but nod. She quite agreed with the bald man that not every book of "The Da Vinci Code" might contain clues.
Once this kind of clue is discovered, it will spread quickly, which means that as long as a small number of people solve the mystery, everyone will know the answer, and then everyone can use the answer to receive the book. This is obviously unrealistic.
"I hope this puzzle can be a little harder," said the boy in the peaked hat.
He is obviously very confident in his puzzle-solving abilities.
Hathaway pouted, "I wish the puzzle could be simpler, so that everyone can get a set of collector's edition books."
"If everyone has one, can the Collector's Edition still be called a Collector's Edition?" said the boy in the peaked hat.
Although what the boy in the peaked cap said was rude, it did make sense.
The price of collector's editions is relatively high, and most people are not willing to buy them. Things are rare and expensive, and fewer people buy them, so the collector's editions have more collection value.
Besides, this YU collector’s edition is not only of high quality, but also has a large quantity, with seventeen books in total. If everyone was given a set of so many books, the Deep Space Company would go bankrupt tomorrow.
Everyone was discussing various possibilities, but they hadn't gotten the new book yet, and there were no clues at all, so they could only guess.
When Caitlin and the others arrived on the second floor, they found that the people in front of them were constantly flipping through the copies of "The Da Vinci Code" they had just received.
At the book signing, you pay on the first floor, pick up the book on the second floor, and then sign on the third floor.
In the past book signings, some people would eagerly read the book in advance, but there is only one reason why they read the book in advance on a large scale like today, that is, they want to find clues from "The Da Vinci Code" and get it early.
Collector's edition books.
Caitlin was not immune to this, and started reading the book frantically after getting it.
"Hathaway, you see, there are two of us. This is our advantage. I look from the front to the back, and you look from the back to the front."
Although Hathaway thought this was a bit stupid, she still did it.
However, their actions were destined to be in vain. Not only the two of them, but no one else present found any clues from the book.
"Please go forward, ma'am, and give me the book."
When they arrived at the signing table, a staff member took their books over, opened the title page, and brought it to Yu Dong. This was to reduce the interval and improve the efficiency of the signing.
After Caitlin handed the book to the staff, she kept staring at the top of YU's head. Her mind was full of how to get the collector's edition.
When Caitlin was in a daze, Yu Dong looked up at her and said, "Hello, do you want..."
"I want the Collector's Edition."
After blurting out, Caitlin covered her mouth in panic. She stared at YU with wide eyes, unable to believe that she actually said these words directly.
Although she really thought about asking YU directly where the clues were, she didn't expect to actually say it out loud.
Yu Dong also looked at Caitlin in surprise, suddenly smiled, and then waved to the staff next to him, "Go and get this lady a set of collector's edition books."
"Really?" Caitlin exclaimed in surprise, "Did you just give it to me?"
Yu Dong smiled and nodded, "Well, it belongs to you."
Soon, the staff delivered a set of collector's edition books.
Caitlin struggled to take the set of books and thanked Yu Dong repeatedly: "Thank you, YU, thank you very much."
In fact, Caitlin is still confused. She has no idea why YU gave her a set of collector's edition books. Is it because she asked for it?
This shouldn't be possible...
Hathaway also thought this was impossible, but when it was her turn, she couldn't help but cautiously said to Yu Dong, "YU, I want a set of collector's edition books."
After finishing speaking, Hathaway looked at Yu Dong expectantly, hoping that she could be as lucky as her cousin.
But the goddess of luck did not come. Yu Dong shook his head with a smile and said, "Sorry, this symbol is no longer valid."
Yu Dong's words aroused discussion among subsequent readers.
Judging from what this means, Caitlin was able to obtain a set of collector's edition books because she triggered a certain symbol, but this symbol seemed to be able to be triggered only once, and it would be ineffective after being triggered.
Someone ran to Caitlin and asked, "What symbol did you find?"
But Caitlin just shook her head blankly, "I don't know."
…
Glancing at Caitlin who was surrounded by readers, Yu Dong smiled. In fact, when he set up this symbol, he had thought that it might be accidentally triggered by someone.
This symbol is very simple. In "The Da Vinci Code", one chapter mentions an "hourglass" symbol, followed by a sentence called "The best way to find the answer to a question is to ask the person who asked the question."
, and the collar of the clothes Yu Dong wore today was in the shape of an hourglass.
As long as someone asks Yu Dong for clues in person, or directly asks for a collector's edition book, this symbol will be triggered and a set of books will be obtained.
But this symbol can only be used once, and it will not work if someone finds it later.
There are many symbols in "The Da Vinci Code", some of which appear directly, and some of which are hidden in the text by Yu Dong. Some of these symbols represent a set of books, and some represent several sets of books. As long as the readers understand these new
information and find where the symbols are, you can hopefully get a set of collector's edition books.
Yu Dong did not hide these symbols in the book just for this activity. It was just that after he finished writing, he found a lot of things hidden, so he suddenly had a whim and decided to create such an activity to stimulate readers' interest in studying the book.
Chapter completed!