"Sister Wang, do you think it's necessary?" Chu Zhi asked.

"I think it's very necessary." Wang Yuan was very sure.

"Okay, then listen to Sister Wang and make arrangements to apply." Chu Zhi compromised.

The two discussed "Peace?" applying for a diamond album from the RIAA (Recording Association of America) and IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry). The former only counts album sales in the United States, while the latter counts global sales.

Chu Zhi’s idea is that IFPI can apply, but not RIAA. The main reason is that the latter has to pay a large certification fee to certify a diamond album, so why bother? Even without certification, "Peace?" is the greatest in the history of pop music.

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But since Sister Wang insisted, there was no need for Chu Zhi to object strongly.

Wang Yuan's thoughts are also very simple. She doesn't think foreign certification is very important. She just wants Xiaojiu to have all the honors.

Wang Yuan has already obtained the 316 Diamond Record Certification from the General Administration of China. The threshold for Huaxia Records Diamond Album Certification is 200,000 copies. Last year in 2026, except for Chu Zhi, only six singers received Diamond Record Certification, and two of them had cumulative album sales.

., so in a country where the demand for physical records is sluggish, it is very rare to have a diamond record, and Chu Zhi’s 316 diamond record certificate feels like a number with a P.

When the two were communicating, "Bang, bang!" there was a knock on the door, and then a male voice came. It was Brother Fei.

"Big...Sister Wang is here too," Fei Ge said hello.

"I just happened to have finished talking about my matters here." Wang Yuan simply left the office.

Fei and Wang are in charge of different businesses, so there is no need for her to stay and listen. On the other hand, Wang Yuan has a lot of things on his hands and has no time to delay. Especially since Mu Chire has been cheated several times and is the "ugly wife" this year.

I have to meet my parents-in-law too.

When I play the role of Emperor Beast and go to Glyme, I have to wear a wooden shirt to see if I can make a splash.

Chu Zhi asked: "What's wrong with Brother Fei?"

"I have a very constructive proposal." Fei Ge said: "Brother Chu, do you have any questions? Isn't Brother Chu currently recording the "Concert New Song Album"? We can directly use the live concert as

MV, this is innovative and can save costs. The key is that it can also improve efficiency, killing three birds with one stone!"

You... are so fucking smart, Chu Zhi couldn't help but comment in his heart.

As mentioned before, the twelve songs performed in the concert all have a live atmosphere. After all, any refined MV is not as good as a live performance.

The key is that Chu Zhi doesn't like to shoot MVs, so he can justifiably be lazy!

So he happily accepted Fei Ge's suggestion, and Chu Zhi roughly calculated that by saving the time for shooting the MV, the post-production time for the concert album would be shortened, and the album would be released in February or March after the Chinese New Year.

"We, the common people, are so happy today..." Chu Zhi hummed.

When you are in a good mood, your work efficiency is high. For example, when shooting, you can easily find your groove when playing the role of Emperor Beast, and your afternoon advertising schedule is completed an hour early. This story tells us that it is important to maintain a comfortable mood at work.

Of course, the premise is that there must be a good leader, otherwise the brain will only be congested. For example, iQiyi's program director Shi Wan just walked out of the production director's office and was scolded with his head slapped and his face covered.

"Just like the first season of Star Travel, what horrible words are you saying to your mother?"

"Can Chen Biao compare with Chu Zhi?"

"Hey, how come Star Brigade is so successful without having to count? Four of the four scenes of conferring gods were created by Chu Zhi. Do you really think the show is attractive?"

The expression on the steering wheel was that it was about to rain heavily, and it felt like it was about to explode in the next second, but working people also have the skills of working people, and they held it in and did not explode.

Returning to his office, his subordinate Xiao Bi came in to report on his work.

Looking at the report, after just reading two sentences, he suddenly threw the report on the table and yelled: "Is this the report you made? I don't know at all how you passed the internship. Tell me, how is this report?"

look?!"

Xiao Bi was confused. There was obviously no difference between today's report and yesterday's report. Why was he scolded today?

"What are you still doing? Take it and modify it." the steering wheel said.

There was no suggestion of revision at all, and there was nothing he could do. Xiao Bi took the report and left the office respectfully.

The pressure in the workplace will not disappear but will shift. When it shifts to the point where it cannot be shifted, it will crush a family in minutes.

The cause of the incident was that "Star Trek 4" was unknowingly launched and the third season was delayed. The attention of the fourth season was not enough. The attention of the first episode was far lower than the expectations of iQiyi executives.

Not to mention the attention, the audience's evaluation of the first episode was not good either. Chen Biao, Gu Peng, Qin Qingqiao, Gamba, and Wang Zhi should have a good lineup, but there is no chemistry. Douban has just opened the show.

The score is 6.3, which is barely passing for the time being. I don’t know if it will drop in the future.

Highly praised comment on Douban: [It feels like the program team wants to restore the feeling of the first season. Even the types of guests are based on the template of the first season. But being sincere and running it well are two different things. Besides, the program team went astray! Why?

Nostalgic for the first season, Master Jiu is indeed a very important part, but the other part is that the first season has a group spirit. Even if "The Great Heroes" makes me put my toe on the rubbish name of the villa, I can see that Master Jiu, Mr. Min

The first five people, including Naicai, Caicai, Nian Gao, and the eldest sister, shouted in unison, "We are the Heroes of America". I was really moved.

(Luo Jianhui) loves to eat rice cakes so much, but he got a food card after completing a task. His first reaction was to ask if he could invite the group members to eat together. Min Laojie is the master of Yan Guo's hair plucking, but he helps Cai Cai (Cai Jia) celebrate his birthday

, basically all the team’s small money was spent, and they couldn’t say anything. Oh, by the way, the team members also helped the eldest sister (Zhang Ning) celebrate her birthday.

Looking at the next two seasons, the second season is slightly better, but it feels like a "caravan" to me, and the third season is even more fierce. The five guests in the new fourth season give me the feeling that they are scattered.

It’s full of stars, it’s gathering, ahem, come on!]

Someone put forward a point in the comments below. The reason why there is a group spirit in the first season is because of the lubricant Chu Zhi. Otherwise, the filming time of the variety show is only two or three months, and we can really become good friends? The proof is in another program "Reappearance of the Long March Road"

"Chu Zhi, Jiang Suiyue, and Fang Yi are also affectionately called "Three Guas" by netizens.

[Xiaojiu does indeed have a good personality and is very good at taking care of others, but Nian Gao, Lao Xi, Cai Cai, and the eldest sister are also very good.]

[There is no answer to this question. The spirit of the Heroic Heroes is so good. It can be said that Chu Zhi paid for it with his life. Don’t you remember? Ishikari Earthquake.]

…

iQiyi’s Vice President Lu Chun also saw this comment and thought it made sense.

Let’s think about the current situation and wonder if the fourth season is cancelled. Is it possible for the fifth season to bring back the original cast of the first season? Wouldn’t it set off the Internet in an instant?

"Zhang Ning has semi-retired now. She can't come out without a suitable script. If she wants to invite her to participate in a variety show... she can surround Wei to rescue Zhao and give Zhang Ning more money to convince Zhang Ning's husband that it's okay."

"Cai Jia, Luo Jianhui, and Min Zhengpei are all fine, as long as the appearance fee is enough."

The only question is, how much does it cost to invite Chu Zhi? Luanlun feels that he has a good relationship with Chu Zhi, but no matter how good the relationship is, he still has to pay enough for a small sum of money.

How about two hundred million? Lun Wan thought, in fact, he could add another one hundred million.

It is impossible for the Chinese market alone to have such a high price, but if Chu Zhi can be invited, Star Travel will definitely be able to sell it to countries such as Japan, South Korea and Annan.

Europe and the United States have no choice. No matter how popular Chu Zhi is, most European and American fans cannot watch foreign variety shows for a star. Just like many domestic fans like European and American stars, they rarely watch European and American variety shows. The concept is similar.

It may be enough to sell it to countries such as Japan and South Korea. With 300 million soft sister coins, if you can hire Xiaojiu, you won't lose money.

Just as I was about to send the invitation, I seemed to think of something. I opened my corporate email and rummaged through a lot of spam emails to find out the top 100 Magic City companies in 2026 sent by the Magic City Enterprise Federation. Aiguo Media Corporation was awarded 9,123.61 million yuan.

Ranked 95th in terms of revenue.

"Fuck, 91% of revenue." Wheel couldn't help but curse.

Even though iQiyi’s revenue last year was more than 30 billion, which seems to be twice that of Igo Media and still has a surplus, but after deducting the costs of content production, marketing, publicity, management and other costs, the company’s net profit was just

Two billion. This is not bad. Only iQiyi and Mango TV are profitable, while the rest are still losing money.

But think about the annual cost of Aiguo Company. Since Aiguo Media has no boss, the company’s annual report cannot be found online, but the full cost is probably not more than 2 billion, which means the net profit...

"Why is the net profit of an agency with only one star so exaggerated? Even if the new album sells for 60 million, I can't understand this data." The wheel has turned around, and now Aiguo Media has two artists, but that's not

What matters is how much money Miao Chen can earn.

Wheel checked on the Internet and made a general collection. Aiguo Media's revenue is divided into four major parts. The first major segment is the 2025 concert tour, followed by the albums "Besieged on All Sides" and "Come on, Sweet

"Death" is a small amount of money. The remaining two parts are huge copyright fees and endorsement fees that are very popular around the world.

That's right! Because "Peace" was only released globally in mid-December, it is not included in the revenue for 2026 at all.

I read the email from the Shanghai Enterprise Federation again. In the entertainment industry, only Aiguo Media is on the top 100 list.

"It's because I'm too small."

"It was me who was abrupt."

It takes at least two months to record a variety show, and with only 300 million, I would be too embarrassed to ask for it.

"No wonder Niu Jiangxue has been rated as [Excellent Entrepreneur] [Senior Talent in Magic City] again and again. Taxes in the entertainment industry are already high, and the size of Aiguo Media is really terrifying."

With so much money, could he use it all up? He couldn't use it up at all, so he started "spending money". The promotion of "Peace?" and the establishment of channels around the world have made it known to the world. There have been many

I contacted record companies at home and abroad and wanted to cooperate through channels.

The channel that Aiguo Media spends real money on every year is comparable to Warner Music, Universal Music, Sony Music, EMI, and BMG! What’s more important is that Aiguo Media doesn’t have that many albums waiting to be distributed through the channels.

The world's five major record companies are all vying for the top spot with their own artists, leaving no space for other companies.

Mastering channels is like lying down and counting money. This is so true. Chu Zhi spends money to make the laying of channels more detailed. Of course, it is impossible to open branches in every country. Even the five major records cannot do it. So we added four

branches, and then subdivided according to regions: Eastern Europe, Southern Europe, Western Europe, Northern Europe, and Central Europe.

Aiguo Branch has three main functions: laying channels, promoting Chu Zhi, and operating song copyrights.

Promoting Chu Zhi is the most interesting thing. According to fans, it means posting soft articles. No matter how famous you are for a while, it will pass. You have to keep outputting.

For example, not long ago an Italian singer became popular on YouTube, singing a song adapted from the Italian folk song "Santa Lucia".

Then ITALIANA (Italian portal) can see similar soft articles "Gasak's voice can also make people calm, how does it compare with Chu Zhi?", "Gasak said in an interview: Mr. Chu Zhi is my idol,

"I can't compare with him" and so on, followed naturally by the heated discussion among Italians.
To be continued...