"Mr. An of our branch is currently outside receiving customers, so I can only receive you temporarily. He also arranged a grand reception banquet in the evening to express his welcome and attention to you. The location is..."
"No need, with the economic situation of the branch, we'd better not engage in such a situation... It's a waste of money. I can feel that you value me. It's good to have such a good independent office."
Jiang Kan smiled and stretched out his hand to stop Xiang Ping from continuing. When he first arrived, he held a big banquet to welcome him. It would have cost several thousand yuan at least. The business conditions here were very unsatisfactory. All the employees outside were unhappy. He said there was plenty of food, but he looked a little numb and tired. At this time, I accepted such a grand banquet. What did my colleagues think of me?
Another bureaucrat who comes here to gild, eat, and show off?
No need.
"I appreciate your kindness. The branch is not in good condition, so we should keep a low profile and be pragmatic. When the results are achieved, we can have a celebration banquet together, don't you think?"
Listening to Jiang Kan's words, Xiang Ping actually breathed a sigh of relief. After all, the human commissioner had just arrived, and everyone was not sure about his temper and character. If he was not prepared to entertain him, he might be a small-minded person. What should I do if the guy offends him immediately?
Now that he heard that he didn't need a banquet, he relieved the general manager. It seemed that he was not a man who liked extravagance and ostentation, so it would be easier to deal with him in the future.
"Let's talk about my accommodation arrangements? Is it close to here?"
Jiang Kan walked up and sat on the executive chair to test the comfort, and asked casually.
"Oh, we have already arranged your accommodation. It is in a community next to the main entrance of the National Normal University, not far from the company. The room is two bedrooms and one living room, 110 square meters. It is equipped with all kinds of household appliances and facilities. The house was also built last year. The ones that have just been renovated are relatively new.”
When it came to the place of residence, Xiang Ping's eyes lit up. She had chosen and arranged it herself. Now she could explain it to the commissioner, which would show her ability as an assistant + secretary.
"Downstairs is a large supermarket and vegetable market. The gate of the Normal University is just a few dozen meters away. There are basketball courts, football fields and swimming pools inside. We have issued a visit card for you. You can exercise after work. Inside The campus environment is also very good, which is conducive to your physical and mental relaxation..."
Xiang Ping continued to explain the advantages of this residence to Jiang Kan. Jiang Kan's eyebrows slightly arched, and she knew that he was very satisfied with her arrangement.
"What did you do? It's been more than half a month and there's still no progress! We promised to have the finished product in one month. How long has it been?"
Just as the small office was filled with a gentle and harmonious atmosphere, a burst of noise outside suddenly reached the ears of the two of them.
"If you can't figure it out, just say, let's find another company to make this song! It's really unlucky. I came to you because I was attracted by Feiyang Entertainment's brand, but it turned out to be so useless! If you can't figure it out, just go to your headquarters. Come to support, it has delayed us for so long...”….
The sound of quarreling is getting closer and closer, it must be that people are approaching here.
"Haha, please don't be anxious. We will definitely satisfy you with this song. Our composition department has been working overtime. In three days, we will definitely come out with the song in three days. I guarantee that you will be satisfied this time. ..."
The voice of a middle-aged man with a sense of vicissitudes of life came over, and his words were full of flattery and deep helplessness.
"Three days, haha, it's been so many three days. It seems that we shouldn't have trusted you in the first place. If it hadn't been for your sincerity and the quote was 30% lower than Guanghuang Entertainment, we would have gone to Guanghuang Entertainment a long time ago. ...Eh? 'Commissioner's Office? When did you get a commissioner?"
The leader of the group was a middle-aged fat man with a slicked back hair and a fat face. He didn't look like someone easy to deal with.
"Are you the commissioner sent by your headquarters as they said recently? Someone who can talk happens to be here. Please report it to your headquarters as soon as possible and let them take over our song.
Son, your branch can’t do it here! We are in a hurry! "
He stopped immediately and walked towards the commissioner's office, but was immediately stopped by the middle-aged man who just spoke.
"Oh, Mr. Zhang, our commissioner just got off the plane and rushed here today. He hasn't even had time to settle in. He doesn't even know our situation..."
To put it bluntly, the middle-aged man sent the fat man and others away, and even after walking far away from the river, he could still hear his apology and promise to do a good job, which revealed a hint of humility.
"this……"
Jiang Kan pointed at their retreating figures.
"This is Mr. An, the general manager of our branch, An Ping Le, and he is also my cousin... The group of people just now are from Fengming Entertainment. We have cooperated several times before and it was very pleasant, but this time Our gold medal songwriters were poached in large numbers, so they were very dissatisfied with the songs they produced, and they came to us to make trouble several times..."
Listening to the "buzzing" chatter of colleagues coming from the office outside the door, Xiang Ping turned around and gently closed the door of the small office to prevent these chattering voices from further aggravating Jiang Kan's doubts about the branch's capabilities. question.
"Ah, this... is understandable."
When he worked in an IT company before, Jiang Kan also encountered a similar thing. Once when he was a supervisor, several capable programmers were poached by a rival company, and the progress of the project immediately began to be seriously slowed down. After getting up, various bugs appeared one after another, and for a while the entire department was in a state of distress.
He could only use his connections to recruit people frantically, hoping to make up for this huge manpower gap.
This process lasted three months.
The devil knows how he got through the past three months. The women who were still under his command were used as men and the men were used as animals. He himself also set a record of not going home for a week in a row and only sleeping for 30 hours in seven days. After recording, it finally calmed down a bit after the talent recruitment was completed.
Therefore, he was well prepared for the situation encountered by the Yangcheng Branch. Xiang Ping had already explained it, and he basically understood it. ….
There is no way, the water flows to lower places, and people go to higher places.
Seeing that people of similar level to yourself are earning much higher salaries than yourself in other companies, and the companies have more prospects and financial opportunities than your own company, everyone wants to change jobs.
Guangguang Entertainment spent a lot of money on its expansion in Yangcheng. They frantically poached talents at 150% of the original salary of those from other companies. They also promised that after working for three years, they could purchase local employees in Yangcheng at a preferential price for employees. The price of the employee building built by the company itself is only equivalent to 70% of the local housing price. Who can withstand such treatment?
Therefore, several famous composers have slipped away.
Feiyang Entertainment's branch here has also lost its backbone.
In addition, the industry environment here is relatively unique. The headquarters has never paid much attention to the Cantonese market here (it cannot pay attention to it because there are relatively few composers and lyricists who are good at writing Cantonese songs), so Anpingle As the general manager here, it’s hard to do anything alone.
In fact, Xiang Ping is not particularly reassured. Although Jiang Kan's fame has risen very quickly recently, after all, most of the songs he writes are in Mandarin. Although the only two Cantonese songs are of good quality, they both have slow rhythms. The song is a slow rock song, maybe he is only good at this type of Cantonese songs?
Many composers are the type who can occasionally write a pretty good song if you don't limit their composition style, genre, and subject matter.
But to strictly specify these restrictions is like wearing shackles and asking you to dance ballet. The level of difficulty is not at all the same.
The work at the branch is like this. It is basically custom-made music. Everything must be done according to the requirements of Party A’s father. There is not much room for the composer to express himself.
I don’t know if Jiang Kan, a newcomer who has only debuted for less than half a year, has the ability to help branches facing difficulties under such restrictive conditions.
To put it simply, it’s her
I don’t have much confidence in Jiang Kan.
"Ah, hello, you are Commissioner Jiang Kanjiang. Nice to meet you. I am An Pingle, the general manager of the branch. I am really embarrassed to let you see the situation just now as soon as I entered the company..."
After seeing off the guests, Manager An hurried to the specialist's office. He enthusiastically stretched out his hands to hold Jiang Kan's hands and shook them violently.
"It's okay. If there is a problem, just solve it. Manager An, don't be too anxious..."
Jiang Kan also held his hand in a cooperative manner and shook it vigorously. Although he was at the same level as him, he was still new here and was not familiar with the place. He could only continue his work after establishing a good rapport. Develop it.
"Haha, you are indeed Commissioner Jiang, you are so confident, hahahaha~ Xiao Xiang, go make tea, Commissioner Jiang and I will have a good chat!"
Xiang Ping went to make tea. Manager An took Jiang Kan's hand and walked to the edge of the wicker chair and sofa to sit down. She asked him if he was used to coming here and if he had any opinions on their arrangements.
"No need to talk about this first, Manager An, I would like to ask, do we have a lot of unfinished orders like the backlog just now? How many are there? How difficult is it to complete them?"….
The other party was so enthusiastic that Jiang Kan couldn't bear it, so he had to bring the topic back to work.
Sure enough, as soon as he talked about the current situation of the branch, Manager An's enthusiastic face suddenly fell down, but he still tried his best to maintain a smile and not look sad.
"That's just... five, six, seven or eight orders..."
"What? So many?"
When Jiang Kan heard this, even though he was mentally prepared, he still couldn't believe it.
When I was in the Chengdu branch, as soon as an order came in, it would be snatched away by my colleagues. If you were a little slower, there would be no scum left!
Because there are bonuses for each order, as well as dividends and commissions, etc., everyone is qualified enough to do it, so you really can earn it if you grab it. Who wants to sit in the office all day long just to get those dead wages? ( Although the dead salary is also very high).
According to Zhang Lingling, the head office in Shanghai is even more like this. As long as an order comes in, it will be snapped up by a large group of composers. Even many orders with huge amounts of money cannot wait to be distributed, and are directly taken over by the company. Several singers were intercepted. After all, such high-end songs are not only a matter of financial income. They are all for famous singers. Once they become popular, their fame will be even higher. Money and reputation A double harvest!
But when we arrived at the Yangcheng branch, why was it suddenly different?
"After all, Cantonese songs are declining now, and the market has shrunk a lot, so there are fewer people who can write Cantonese songs. We have been poached by several major players in this field, so many orders can be left to the remaining people. It was completed, but the quality could not pass the review, so it was constantly being revised. Even after some difficult orders were pulled back by the salesperson from the marketing department, no one dared to take them, for fear that they would not be done well, both inside and outside the company. Being held in someone's mouth..."
At this time, Xiang Ping had already placed two cups of tea on the coffee table in front of the two of them, then tactfully exited the small office, and then gently closed the door from the outside so as not to interfere with the conversation between the two bosses.
"Then what's the price of these orders? For example, what's the price of that person's order just now?"
After understanding the general situation here, Jiang Kan asked about the price of the order. After all, only when the price is high enough can the company make a profit and his mission can be on track as soon as possible.
"That was someone from a game company just now. They wanted to provide a promotional song for their new game. The price was 800,000."
"What? Only 800,000?"
Jiang Kan frowned, but didn't say anything out loud. After all, it would be rude.
Previously, at the Rongcheng branch, just for playing the theme song of "City on the Clouds", people quoted 5 million Xia Guo Yuan!
How come here, a promotional song for a game only costs 800,000?
Isn’t it said that game companies are all very rich? How can they be so stingy?
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Seeing Jiang Kan's expression, Manager An knew what he was thinking.
"Haha...Commissioner Jiang, does he think the price of this order is too low? There's nothing you can do about it. I'm not afraid of your ridicule... This is the situation here..."
"The situation is different from the head office and branches in Chengdu and other places. Our scale here has been shrinking and our staff has been reduced again and again. We can only accept such small orders to maintain the operation of the company. If it weren't for it there There is also a building that we bought when the market was good and put it out to collect rent. The financial situation of our Yangcheng branch has long been unsustainable..."
Jiang Kan heard a strong sense of reluctance and helplessness in his words. It seemed that the shortcomings here had been going on for a long time, and it was still very difficult to get the business started here.
"Of course, the market here is still huge. It's just that our current situation is that we can't capture much market share for the time being. We have seen enough of Commissioner Jiang's talent and talent in song creation on "Xia Guo Good Singer". Talent, I believe that under your leadership and guidance, our order rate will be greatly improved soon, so that we can usher in new development opportunities and embark on a new path of healthy development!"
While complaining, Manager An didn't forget to flatter Jiang Kan. He has been applying for headquarters to send people to support him. Now that people are here, if he doesn't make good use of it, he really can't bear this responsibility. Get up! .
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