Chapter Seventy-Four Company Establishment

  "What's next is just waiting for the results of the advertisement." Zhou Xiao said to Inoue after finishing everything.

  "The results will take a few more days, so don't idle around these few days, I'll help you finish the company's work." said Uncle Inoue.

  "Huh? Aren't we waiting for the ad results..."

  "What are we waiting for? From the moment I saw your script, there was no need to wait any longer. Someone who can come up with something like this is already good enough for me to follow him!" said Uncle Inoue.

  Because it was just a one-man company of Zhou Xiao, so basically all the shares were held by Zhou Xiao himself. He wanted to give Uncle Inoue more shares, but Uncle Inoue strongly disagreed. After a quarrel between the two, the final result was that Uncle Inoue finally nodded and accepted the shares, only to have the 10% company shares he received automatically withdrawn after leaving the company.

  "And finally, what are you going to name this company?" Uncle Inoue asked.

  "Let's just call it AZX." Zhou Xiao said without hesitation.

  "AZX? Why is it called this?" ZX might still be associated with Zhou Xiao's name, but what about the A in front?

  "It doesn't really have any meaning, I just simply like three-letter words that start with A. Also, in the future when the company issues passes, they will all be in the format of AZX, for example, I am AZX1 and you are AZX2, all the way to AZX48..." said Zhou Xiaodao.

  “……”

  After leaving all the company's preparations to Uncle Inoue, Zhou Xiao didn't hesitate and stayed at home alone for a whole week.

  He was originally a dead house man, and most of his work in the previous life was completed at home. Data transmission was also done through the Internet, and even salary payments and shopping were all done online, so staying at home for a week now is a very simple thing for him.

  Before that, he had already completed most of the things that needed to be done. The second "Newcomer" had been submitted to the magazine, and this week, Wenchun's new weekly would finally start publishing "Meteorite". In fact, if it weren't for the completion of a work on Wenchun's reasoning page taking some time, Zhou Xiao's publication time might have been earlier.

  The single's release is also complete, and promoting it once on MS is enough to cause a social stir. Zhou Xiao doesn't have the interest in running those audio tracks anyway. He actually hopes to appear on some funny variety shows, but strangely, after shouting "please come find me" on MS, no programs really came to find him.

  After submitting the advertisement, there is no need for him to do anything else. If he really wins an award, the organizer will naturally contact him. As for the most important company's operational preparations, they are all handled by Uncle Inoue. Zhou Xiao doesn't mind running these things, but at his age, even if he wants to go, Uncle Inoue probably won't let him, so in the end, it was still Uncle Inoue who did it.

  After staying at home for several days, a middle-aged woman with the surname Watanabe came to visit.

  "Who are you?" Zhou Xiao opened the door and looked at the woman in front of him with a puzzled expression.

  "Hello Mr. Zhou, I'm Watanabe Keiko, and I was hired by Mr. Inoue as the general agent of AZX company." Watanabe Keiko said, adjusting her glasses slightly.

  "Oh, I see, come in." Zhou Xiao said, letting Watanabe Keiko into the room.

  Zhou Xiao's habit can't be said to be dirty, whether it was in Beijing last time or the previous 50,000-yuan house, he always cleaned up at least to a passable level. But these days, because he has been locking himself indoors and not going out, the room looks quite messy. However, Toshiko Watanabe doesn't seem to mind this point much.

  "It's a bit messy, sorry about that." Zhou Xiao said casually as she tidied up.

  "This is normal, I've seen more chaotic ones. At that time, just find a housekeeper to clean up and it'll be fine." Watanabe said casually as he sat down on an empty chair.

  "I came mainly to ask you about something today, and also, our company has hired two more brokers besides me." Watanabe Keiko said while taking out materials from her bag and handing them over to Zhou Xiao.

  Zhou Xiao took the materials and opened them to take a look. Apart from Watanabe Keiko, the other two people that Inoue had recruited were all newcomers. Zhou Xiao wouldn't feel anything strange about this either, as this was just a new company after all. The only boss and artist within the company who had only become famous with "one song" hadn't yet proven his abilities. For such an unreliable company to be able to recruit an experienced manager like Watanabe Keiko already spoke volumes about Inoue's capabilities and connections.

  Among the other two, a 20-year-old man with the surname Nakamaru will mainly follow him to run. Nakamaru is 23 years old and has just graduated from university. However, this is not his first job, as he had been working intermittently on film sets for two years during his junior and senior years of college, always doing things related to the entertainment industry, but because of school, he never became a formal employee.

  And another person is called Zhang Yu.

  That's right, this person is also Chinese-American like Zhou Xiao, but the difference lies in that Zhou Xiao's grandfather was from mainland China, while Zhang Yu's ancestors who immigrated were from Taiwan.

  Zhou Xiao didn't necessarily mean to recruit a Chinese American, his requirement for Jie was just to find someone who knows some Chinese, which would be more convenient for him to implement his Twelve Girls' Band plan. The result given by Jie is also very satisfactory, and Zhang Yu's conditions are all good, and she can speak Chinese, it can be said that she is the best and most suitable choice.

  "Watanabe-san, to be honest, I don't understand anything. Many times, I can only come up with my own ideas and things to do, but the specifics will have to rely more on you and Ikeda-san. From now on, I'll have to trouble you both a lot." Zhou Xiao said as he put down their materials.

  In fact, Watanabe Keiko and Inoue are of the same generation, but in this case, Zhou Xiao can't call Watanabe Keiko "Auntie", after all, it's always better for women to be called younger.

  "Don't worry, before accepting the invitation from Izumi, I've already thoroughly understood you. Izumi's personality is relatively calm, but I think your talent is there, a genius, no matter how outrageous things you do, it can be forgiven." said Watanabe Keiko.

  "You're really making me feel honored," said Zhou Xiao.

  "This is the truth, if you are a genius and can demonstrate your genius abilities, then we will treat you as a genius too. Do you understand what I'm saying?" asked Watanabe Keiko.

  "I get it, that's the best way!" Zhou Xiao paused for a moment and quickly understood the other layer of meaning that Watanabe Keiko didn't say: You're a genius, so we can tolerate you, but if we find out you're not that talented after all, don't blame us for having ideas about you.

  "So the next question is, where is the direction of the company? To be honest, the song 'Small Love' has a good chance of selling 2 million copies, and not participating in any promotions, just waiting to see if it's really okay?" asked Watanabe Keiko.

  "I'm also wondering why I didn't receive any notice for the program, not even a music program," said Zhou Xiao.

  "Watabe asked, "I heard you signed a music contract with Being?"

  "Yes, that's right. I only look for them when I'm about to release music, which is actually very necessary. After all, my music is also a bit unconventional, and with their professional help, it will be much easier." Zhou Xiao explained.

  "The problem may be right here," Watanabe said.

  "What's wrong?" Zhou Xiao asked.

  "Being is a music production company, and the artists under Being are usually signed to various subsidiary agencies under Being Holdings. TV show invitations also need to be sent to those agencies, but you don't have an agency contract here, so there's nowhere for the TV stations to send the invitations, which is why few people come looking for you."

  "If they can't find it, they can send it to Being." said Zhou Xiao.

  "A large music event can naturally be conveyed, but some ordinary program announcements are not qualified to be placed on the table of a long-established and prestigious newspaper." said Watanabe.

  "It was like this all along... Well, after today, I'll make contact with the major TV stations in the name of AZX." Zhou Xiao said.

  "No problem, so what program would you like to attend?" Watanabe asked.