In 2017's "China Has Hip Hop," Yamy and PG One broke their heads on stage and sang a song called "Wait a minute."
Although Yamy is a novice with little qualifications, but the momentum is not lost to the old cannon, there are a few rap lyrics written very interesting, "I am not a beautiful woman who does not know the rhythm can win you, I am flat-chested but not mediocre, to be my opponent no one can succeed." 」 ”
At that time, Yamy already knew that she was not a beautiful woman, and she did not smile or be flattered on the stage, but coolly, set there.
Xu Mingchao also took a fancy to Yamy's unusual coolness, and would try to persuade her to change from a part-time dance teacher to a girl group Love Bean. Xu Mingchao told her, "You don't have any girls in this girl group, you can't copy it, your image, your kind of vigor, are scarce." ”
In 2016, Extreme Gravity recruited 30 trainees and conducted a year-and-a-half-long training, and the worst time was rehearsal for a month until 3 a.m. There are 30 people, and only 10 are left when they debut, including Yamy.
According to interface news reports, The Gravity invested 15 million yuan in the trainees, and it cost about 3 million yuan to buy clothes alone, shoot a group roundup and MV for them, and hold a debut conference. Before the recording of the 2018 "Creation 101" program, Xu Mingchao said to Yamy privately, "If you can't come out again this time, you should think about doing something else." ”
Unexpectedly, in the finals, Yamy debuted in a group with a fifth-place result and became the captain of Rocket Girl 101.
It seems that this is a very positive idol inspirational story, and there is a bright ending, Maxima just happened to meet Bole, a race, a ride in the dust.
The general story ends here, but the reality is just the opposite, and the wonderful palace fight drama has just been staged.
On the eve of Rocket Girls' dissolution, the team appeared together in the second season of "Rampage 20". Talking about the past of the group debut, Yamy, who has always been cool, suddenly cried. She misjudged her true popularity, resulting in a large psychological gap after the formation of the group, "I was in a very confused and fragile state for about half a year. ”
The boss Xu Mingchao, the psychological gap is estimated to be not small. Smashed a heavy amount of training trainees and sent Yamy debut, but did not expect that the popularity of this only business backbone has been stopped in the lower circle. Once the Rocket Girl is disbanded, the resources behind the goose factory are no longer released, and it is more difficult to rely on Yamy to become popular.
So, there was the audio of Yamy blowing himself up on Weibo, and the boss Xu Mingchao angrily scolded Yamy at the employee criticism meeting, "Very ugly, very ugly, super ugly, Yamy is the ugliest of all of you, what is not to admit?" ”
"In fact, you are not good-looking at all, it is not fashionable at all, is Yamy singing good?" Not good, don't like to listen. ”
But in just one year, Rocket Girl has just disbanded, and Maxima has become a lame donkey overnight.
At the beginning, Xu Mingchao took a fancy to the image of Yamy's cool girl, which could cater to the majority of women. I didn't expect that now she is motherly, not popular, the data is all the way down, and may not be very obedient. What the boss can do, of course, is to scold her. Although it is not insulted in person, but in front of everyone, but also to step on her personal value into the dust, the subtext is: "You Yamy left the company is nothing, you are ugly, you pretend to be fashionable, you can't sing well, isn't it a broken dancer, what a good spirit." ”
Scolding is not only to relieve anger, but also a tame trick. When you are still a Maxima, you can gently touch and pat the hair to the smooth. But to depreciate into a lame donkey, then sorry, the company will not have a good face for you, obediently put on the chew, rules and regulations to grind, do not go all day long.
Is this a workplace PUA? Anyway, Xu Mingchao himself admitted, yes, he was.
PUA, full name Pick-up Artist, was originally a group that studied how to hook up, but the proliferation of PUA masters and PUA training institutions has turned the hookup into a complete set of brainwashing and mind control words, which is an extension of PUA.
Xu Mingchao scolded Yamy, the main purpose, or hope that Yamy can absolutely obey, there is no choice. Yamy is the "bad girl first" sung in her song, the recording was published on the Internet, and before the termination of the contract, xu Mingchao's army was reversed.
At present, public opinion is also divided into two camps with clear barriers.
Many of the circle bosses are on xu Mingchao's side. The former agent was furious, "What a mirror, and this society encourages stealing recordings and unconditional touting." Music producer Zou Xiaoying said, "Artist, not people, artist is a product." We talk about Yamy, not as a natural person, but as a product. ”
The social animals are basically on Yamy's side. Yang Chaoyue, who has always called himself a "working cub" after graduating from junior high school, said a very simple and naïve sentence when he supported Yamy, "I don't think there will be any distinction in being a person because of identity, ducks and ducks are not sold as slaves." As a sister who doesn't stand up to her, I don't know how she's going to face it all. ”
The words "sell yourself into slavery" are apt.
Yamy is ugly or not, it doesn't matter, everyone has their own aesthetic standards. What is important is that the agency as a capitalist has the right to regard the artist as a complete commodity and can evaluate the insult at will? As long as the company throws money at the artist, the TA even has the dignity of the person packaged and sold together.
It is undeniable that today's stars have "human design", which is often created through a whole team of big agents, agents, publicity, business, and A&R, but discussing the sustainable development of artists and completely degrading the personality of artists are two different things.
Yang Tianzhen once took her team to the variety show "My Agent and Me", and the agent criticized him in front of the camera and in front of Zhu Yawen. "Personal branding is not obvious enough, market cognition is blurred, over-rendering hormones, easy to use too much force to show greasy, some slightly pretentious and slightly contrived."
Why didn't this passage cause so much disgust? Because this is a matter of facts, it is about the problem of human packaging, not the problem of Zhu Yawen as a person.
Looking at Xu Mingchao's words, each sentence points to a personal attack. She's ugly, you agree or disagree? She dressed fashionably like a hedgehog and sang without anyone listening. a dancer only.
Even after the recording was released, Xu Mingchao refused to apologize to Yamy and felt that he was too good to the artist. He clearly remembered that the day after Yamy joined rocket girl, he sent her 100,000 yuan to buy clothes and bags, but Yamy didn't even say a word of thanks.
It's funny. On the one hand, the boss hopes that employees will never obey and will not choose without free will, and on the other hand, he hopes that she has the warmth and knows how to be grateful. So do you treat artists as people or don't you deserve them?
No matter how the artist is packaged, how the character is played, the essence or the individual, it will always want to get the minimum respect. It turns out that the agent who does not treat the artist as a person can not keep the cash cow in the end.
When Jay Chou first came out, he worked as a music assistant for Wu Zongxian, diligently writing songs, and letting the big stars choose. As an assistant for a year, Jay Chou also wanted to have his own songs, and took the initiative to tell Wu Zongxian that he wanted to make a record, and Wu Zongxian looked down on him, "Looks like a ghost, how to make a record?" If there is a Xie Tingfeng so handsome, I will be out. ”
He casually said that Jay Chou said, write 50 songs and then come out. I didn't expect Jay Chou to write songs like diarrhea. He said perfunctorily, wait until you have the money to do the arrangement. Unexpectedly, Jay Chou himself could do the arrangement, coupled with the music director Yang Junrong has been persuading Wu Zongxian, there is the self-titled album "Jay".
The album response was very good, there was a company that bid 200 million to dig Jay Chou, he refused, saying that he would never leave Brother Xian. Unexpectedly, Wu Zongxian was still worried that Jay Chou would lose money, so he turned around and sold the company and Jay Chou to Hao Ledi. Even if you think of selling it, Jay Chou will become a superstar of the King of Heaven.
When Jay Chou and Kunling got married, there were three consecutive banquets, and there was no Wu Zongxian on the long list of guests. Wu Zongxian secretly poked and poked the connotation of Jay Chou did not understand gratitude, but he did not seem to remember that when he sold Jay Chou, he did not talk about love. And Yang Junrong, the artists signed after Jay Chou were not successful, but they lived happily because Jewell had money.
Sun Derong was also a well-known agent in Taiwan, and his company Qiao Jieli has won many people, including Luo Zhixiang, Ou Di, 5566, Chen Qiaoen and Ming Dao. But his approach to entertainers is also harsh, and he implements militarized management.
No matter how popular the artists are, they must participate in the monthly talent competition, and the last place in the ranking will be closed to the small black house, and 183club will be shut down for 8 hours. Falling in love or traveling with the opposite sex and being photographed will be fined more than 100,000 yuan. During the 5566 fire, the members Xu Mengzhe and Wang Renfu were so tired that they wanted to take a vacation, and Sun Derong said, "You want to take a vacation, right?" Then I will give you a lifetime off. "Scared they never mentioned vacation again.
Qiao Jieli's planning for artists is also very tough, Chen Qiao'en very much wants to shoot, but Sun Derong insisted that she go to various large-scale variety shows, take off her underwear and eat sheep testicles, and later because of disobedience was hidden in the snow for a year.
Chen Qiaoen insisted on filming Destiny I Love You, and Sun Derong also scolded her for blinding her eyes, and as a result, Chen Qiaoen became a sister of idol drama after acting.
In the end, Chen Qiaoen and Luo Zhixiang both turned their faces and ran away with Sun Derong. Leaving Qiao Jieli, Chen Qiaoen and Luo Zhixiang became more red, but Sun Derong was getting worse. He complained in "Kangxi Lai", "No red calls you a dry father, and after red, they all call you a vampire." ”
Is the agent ruthless, or is the artist more ruthless? It is difficult to say that if the social environment defaults to the relationship between the work of artists and the goods they buy and sell, then everyone will only pursue profits and look at money, rather than pay attention to humanity and principles. Artists don't blame the boss for not understanding respect will only squeeze the surplus value, and the boss also don't blame the artist for not abiding by the spirit of the contract and saying that he will leave.
Public recordings and corporate tear-ups may make Yamy's future less good. But I still admire her courage to openly say "no" to such condescending personality insults! Artists are just a job, and it is more difficult to make people people.