Huayu: Starting from the top talent show

Chapter 279: The Unrivaled GOAT
Although the Golden Horse Awards controversy is still ongoing, the fact that the new-age pop king has touched upon the malignant tumor of his sword is a topic worthy of heated discussion by the public no matter where you are, but the main shock has passed and the remaining aftershocks are insignificant.

The person involved, Shen Juan, can finally focus and devote all his energy to the production of the Chinese album.

Since the lyrics, composition and arrangement had already been completed, we moved directly to the vocal recording stage.

The schedule was very tight. Le Hua formed multiple teams for Shen Juan to produce the song in parallel. Basically, they worked on one song a day without any rest time in between.

The main focus is efficiency!
During the period of album production, many major and minor events that sparked discussion occurred in the entertainment industry.

The case that undoubtedly attracted the most attention was the arrest of Jingfu, who was studying abroad in Japan, for domestic violence against his girlfriend.

People gave him the nicknames: Nan Jingfu, Beizhoucheng.

In order to save his career, which had already ceased to exist due to his study abroad, the Jiajianfa team mobilized all their connections to maintain Jiajianfa's reputation in China.

As a result, many fellow artists who had previous relationships with Jingfu, including Hu Ge, Sun Yizhou, Lin Gengxin, Yu Haoming, Nazha, and Jiang Mengjie, came out to express their support, hoping that everyone would patiently wait for the truth of the matter and not rush to draw conclusions.

It’s a pity that netizens who get angry when they hear about a man beating a woman, especially the female netizens who sympathized with the Japanese woman, did not buy it, and even further spread their anger to the group of artists who supported the "domestic violence man".

Among them, Hu Ge, the eldest brother who took the lead in posting a long article to support Jingfu's attitude of admitting his mistakes, was dug up by netizens for many old materials, saying that he had a history of disrespecting and humiliating women.

Why did he give his female colleagues in the company such a dirty nickname, "Wet Wet", and when he was interviewed, he said it was normal for men to be a little fickle
I can only say that it is a bit exaggerated.

Because of this incident, these guys were inexplicably attracted to the Nvquan organization and truly suffered an unprovoked disaster.

And that’s not all. Even Shen Juan, who had nothing to do with the matter, was affected by the aftermath of the incident.

Because on the 24th, he took Lu Han and Wang Jiaer to watch the UFC Fight Night BJ Station match.

One of them just finished a tour and was picking his feet at home, while the other came to Beijing specifically to find Shen Juan to record a collaborative single "Guo".

When the three of them appear in the same frame, it is bound to be a hot topic.

Wang Jiaer even posted a special Weibo post saying: [This is the sport that men should play. After watching these boxers fighting bloody battles in the octagonal cage, I am a little eager to try it! ]

The other two liked and commented.

Lu Han said he could fight in the flyweight division.

Shen Juan joked that he could try to lose weight and dehydrate to 70kg, and compete in the lightweight class with his skinny physique.

As a result, netizens questioned whether you are also prone to domestic violence by watching boxing during such a sensitive period.

Shen Juan was completely speechless.

Wu Jing was there too, so why didn't they say he was a domestic abuser? So they had to find some popular unmarried celebrities to torture him!
Fortunately, he pays great attention to public opinion management, and his reputation among passers-by has always been good. Recently, he has also gained the public favorability for taking the lead in suppressing the rebellion. Otherwise, his opponents might have successfully led the rhythm and portrayed him as an irritable, violent, and super-strong boy.

Then, on the 28th of the month, I took time out to go to Shanghai to attend this year's fashion COSMO annual beauty festival.

Actually, I didn’t want to come here.

He was recording songs in Beijing just fine, so why would he be willing to go to Shanghai at all the trouble to attend such a meaningless, unpaid, and fashion event?

But who made "Fashion COSMO" be so sensible as to hand over the cover of their next year's annual issue?
Although he is the only one of the Four Luxury Emperors, Shen Juan does not really need the growth of fashion magazines at the moment.

But he is, after all, the only global spokesperson signed by LV, and LV really needs these magazines to promote and increase brand awareness, so as a spokesperson he can only abide by the spirit of the contract and take the money to do the job.

In addition, Shen Juan also took time out of his busy schedule to meet with Li Ziqi, who was responsible for shooting and starring in the MV "A Journey on the Mountain Road", to communicate on the shooting theme of this MV and Li Ziqi's future career development direction.

Li Ziqi benefited a lot from the careful teachings of the Extraterritorial Demon. Not only did it make her suddenly enlightened and save her several years of detours, but she even felt that the star Shen Juan was more professional and understood her better than her collaborators.

In fact, this woman who will become the number one anchor of YouTube's Chinese channel in the future has been in the industry for many years, but is still in the early stages of her career.

In October of this year, which was last month, the number of YouTube subscribers barely exceeded one million, but by June of next year, it rose to five million, and then exceeded ten million in April 10.

It is obvious from the data alone that her career development will enter its golden stage next year.

Therefore, Shen Juan felt that it was necessary to contact and meet her before she "attained enlightenment and ascended to heaven".

Just like playing a game, you have to complete tasks to gain the character's favor before you can let her join your team as a partner.

Moreover, the company he will establish in the future will also be involved in the MCN business: Angelina and Dasha Taran, who are taking the high-value Volav route, have already settled in Shanghai.

Therefore, if Li Ziqi, who already has considerable conflicts over interest distribution and concepts with her original company, could be poached by then, she would definitely become an important source of income for the company and another capable person under his command!

Shen Juan’s goal is no longer to ascend alone.

His current goal is to lead a team as a leader and lead the team to the world!
Time flies and it is December now. The recording of the ten singles for the Chinese album has finally come to an end.

Unfortunately, there is still no time to rest. Shen Juan set out on the journey again to attend this year's Kiwi Scream Night.

While doing her makeup and hair, Yang Yangjin chatted with Shen Juan about her pending future schedule and recent business endorsements.

"South Korea has invited you to be the award presenter at this year's Mnet Asian Music Awards, or MAMA, in Hong Kong."

"Do you have money?"

"A little bit. South Korea can't offer too high a price. Otherwise, they even wanted to invite you to perform on stage, but they were scared off by your appearance fee at the Tianmiao Double Eleven Carnival Night."

"Then why should I go?"

It’s not Shen Juan’s fault that he’s showing off. The main reason is that Shen Juan’s appearance fee is really high now, and he has turned down many secondary stages.

Not to mention anything else, if it was last year, if a fashion evening party like the COSMO Beauty Festival invited him to perform on stage, he would definitely agree without hesitation.

But this year is different.

His status has stabilized this year.

Well, stable at the fault stage.

So he can't just go on stage or participate in every party. The reason why he attended so many similar events in the second half of this year was mainly to repay the favors of magazines, brands and platforms who provided him with resources during his take-off period.

Anyway, by next year or the year after, Shen Juan will probably be like those big stars, and can only be invited out of retirement with real money and tangible super-standard resources and treatment.

"Having said that, doing them a favor will facilitate your subsequent expansion of popularity in South Korea, and the company also needs you as a face to help maintain and manage their personal connections in South Korea." Yang Yangjin explained the benefits of attending the award ceremony.

"Even for this company that you haven't officially established yet, if the artists under it want to enter the South Korean market in the future, you also need to consider making some good connections for them in advance."

Shen Juan smiled with relief. Once people have a group and concerns, they will be bound. Flying solo is indeed more free.

"Okay, what's the number?"

"number 14."

“Are there any other pending trips that need to be confirmed?”

"Japan's NHK TV has invited you to perform at this year's Red and White Songs Festival with the hit song "Pretender". They are currently facing the same situation as our Spring Festival Gala in China, so they are trying to reverse the decline in ratings by inviting some singers who are very popular among young people and fight against the decline of traditional TV programs."

American Spring Festival Gala: Super Bowl.

Neon Spring Festival Gala: Red and White Song Contest.

There is no need to elaborate, the word "Spring Festival Gala" is enough to illustrate the status and value of this gala in the hearts of the Japanese people.

"But if I remember correctly, the Red and White Festival seems to be on the 31st. Doesn't this conflict with the New Year's Eve concert in China?"

“So you need to make a choice.”

"Then I will definitely choose the New Year's Eve concert. I also plan to release this album before the end of the year and then perform it for the first time at the New Year's Eve concert." Shen Juan made his choice without even thinking about it.

"Then turn it down?"

"It's a bit of a pity, after all, it's red and white."

Shen Juan was a little reluctant to give up such a good opportunity, because performing at the Red and White Song Festival could really greatly increase his popularity and influence in the Japanese area. If the follow-up marketing was in place, he might even be able to break the shackles of the circle.

"Where will Mango TV celebrate the New Year this year?" he asked.

"Guangzhou."

"Gan!"

It would definitely be too late to get to Guangzhou. It takes at least five hours to fly from Tokyo to Guangzhou. If it were Shanghai, I could still do some special operations, opening with the red and white shows and then ending with the New Year's Eve concert.

"So is there any other solution? Can it be pre-recorded? I wasn't there, so they just played the recorded broadcast."

"That's not clear, but I will communicate with them and suggest not to have too high expectations."

"Let's do our best and leave the rest to fate. That's all we can do." Shen Juan sighed, "Is there anything else that needs to be confirmed?"

"Gone."

"Let's talk business, then."

"Among the brands that will expire early next year, the renewals of Coca-Cola and McDonald's went smoothly. They readily agreed to our request to increase the endorsement fee. However, Snickers seems to be hesitant about the renewal. After all, it is a traditional fast-moving consumer product. They usually cut the leeks of fans from one company and then run to cut the leeks of another one."

"I see, you just can't get any money from my fans, so you want to sign someone else to replace me!"

Yangyang Jin nodded, "Your endorsement fee is twice that of other top stars, which is also one of the key reasons why they changed people."

Simply put, no matter how many fans or how popular an artist is, his or her ability to sell products has an upper limit and can never be completely proportional to the number of fans.

So in this case, fast-moving consumer goods generally choose those traffic stars who have just become popular as their spokespersons, such as Shen Juan at the beginning of last year.

In order to demonstrate the commercial value of their idols, this group of new traffic fans often push for a wave of sales in the early stage of the official announcement, creating quite gratifying revenue for the brand. For this reason, the capital market has even come up with the weird operations of endorsement periods of half a decade, three months or even one month. They are really just trying to make money without any shame.

"Whatever, they can change it if they want. I don't care anyway." Shen Juan shrugged indifferently.

The old will not go, and the new will not come.

Shen Juan never tries to retain people or things that he cannot retain. "For you now, fast-moving consumer goods do not have much value and significance as endorsements. They will only consume your fans' desire to consume." Yang Yangjin swiped to the profile page on the tablet and continued, "Then there are these new brands that come to you. I will first give you a general introduction. If there is no problem, I will prepare to sign."

"Well, you said."

"First, Moncler and Rimowa wanted you to endorse their down jackets and suitcases. The conditions and benefits they offered were very good. They said they would arrange global advertising and shoot global commercials for you. The endorsement fee should be more than 15 million. The background check did not reveal any problems so far. You are a very high-quality business resource."

These two international brands can be considered luxury brands according to the fan circle’s bragging rules, so if Shen Juan takes it, he will become the unprecedented spokesperson for six luxury brands in the domestic entertainment industry!
Obviously, this is another important achievement that will make fans brag about it and go to the opposing fans to attack them.

In that case, there is nothing to hesitate about.

Take it directly!

Since he has chosen to bring his talent to LV, his goal cannot be just to get a top luxury endorsement!

Not1, Not2, Not3, Not4, Not5, Not6, Not7
He wants to fill every luxury brand slot on his body! He wants to become the unprecedented and unrivaled spokesperson for the top ten luxury brands!
He wants to become the GOAT of the fashion world!

"Then there's Xiaomi. Your previous endorsement of Vivo expired last month, and Xiaomi also plans to end its partnership with Wu Jiaheng at the end of the year and not renew the contract, so we can say that we hit it off right away, and we should be officially announcing it together with their new models at the beginning of next year."

"Does he endorse just one model or the entire line?"

"Of course, across the board."

"How much did it cost?"

"Twenty million per year, the best in the industry."

"It seems that Mr. Lei is really ambitious to make Xiaomi bigger and stronger." Shen Juan was very satisfied with the offer.

Only companies like this that are always in the growth stage are suitable for establishing in-depth, stable and long-term cooperative relationships.

There are not many mobile phone brands in China that have this potential capability, and at most there are only Huawei and Xiaomi.

Huawei's rapid and high-profile development overseas has led to joint suppression from the industry.

So on the whole, Xiaomi, which is hiding behind Huawei and taking a low-key development route, is more suitable for Shen Juan.

And
In a way, they do fit in.

A rising star of tomorrow.

A thriving domestic enterprise.

And they all have the need and desire to expand outward.

So if there are no unexpected situations on both sides in the future, they may be able to cooperate for a very long time.

This year's Kiwi Scream Night was held at the Olympic Stadium of Beijing University of Technology.

Unsurprisingly, Yi Yang Qianxi and Wu Jiaheng were the last to walk the red carpet and entered the bustling party venue.

Shen Juan thanked the staff member who led the way, and after receiving his flattered and even somewhat panicked response, he began to wander around aimlessly, looking for friends and acquaintances to chat with, waiting for the party to officially begin.

First of all, there are Lu Han and Guan Xiaotong. The two seem to pay great attention to public opinion and basically do not interact in public. If it weren’t for Shen Juan’s arrival, they would probably maintain their original "never interact with each other" status until the end of the party.

The young couple asked Shen Juan if he wanted to go to Hokkaido to see the snow together in January next year. Shen Juan was very tempted but refused.

Because he still has work to do.

Then there are Ai Fejie Ni and Huang Xu, two rappers whom Shen Juan hasn't seen for a long time. Although he has an average relationship with them, when the rappers in the Haha circle collectively boycotted him, these two were the few people in the Haha circle who did not follow suit and add insult to injury, so Shen Juan would more or less give them some face.

A photo of the two of them together to attract attention is definitely necessary.

Then they met Zhou Qiuyu again. This lady wanted to touch Shen Juan's hair as soon as she came up. She said that she envied Shen Juan's hair because it grew faster than hers. She was afraid to see people after having her head shaved and had to wear a hat for a whole month before going out.

Shen Juan directly asked her to go to Taobao to buy a wig.

Huang Xiaoming also came over, and this smiling "connection king" in the entertainment industry offered his support and encouragement in a friendly manner, saying that Shen Juan did the right thing and acted very tough in the Golden Horse Awards half a month ago! He also said that they could communicate more privately in the future.

Shen Juan felt that he also wanted to tie himself up with the mainstream and walk the road of prosperity. In this case, he could indeed make friends.

After all, Brother Xiao Ming is an all-round talent.

He has connections in almost every industry.

In addition, he also had a brief chat with two seniors Huang Bo and Xu Zheng whom he met through Wangwang, the top boy band Nine Percent who were very respectful to him, and several new actors who wanted to get to know him and become familiar to him. He showed an extremely friendly and generous attitude, and was completely different from the original "arrogant" lone ranger.

Finally, an old friend who hadn't been seen for a long time came to Shen Juan with a very bright smile and his teeth were particularly eye-catching.

"I haven't seen you for so many years. I didn't expect that you have developed to such a level that I can only dream of!"

The two met through the Cat's Tree short film in 16.

"I always feel something strange when I hear you use idioms."

In Shen Juan's impression, this sister was seriously lacking in femininity, and her words and actions were almost no different from those of a man.

That's why you can joke around so easily.

"What do you mean? Do you look down on me? Do you think I'm uneducated and unworthy of using idioms?" Bai Lu was very familiar with this kind of mutual bickering mode of getting along, so naturally he wouldn't take what he said seriously or get angry.

"It's just that I'm feeling a little weird." Shen Juan carefully looked at his old friend's face and said with a smile: "I didn't expect you to have changed so much now."

"Suggesting that I should have plastic surgery?" Bai Lu was a little dumbfounded.

Shen Juan spread his hands to indicate that it had nothing to do with him.

"I didn't say that, but plastic surgery is very normal in the entertainment industry. It's not something to be ashamed of."

"So you're still saying I had plastic surgery!"

"I think you need to develop a thicker skin."

"." Bai Lu raised his middle finger directly to Shen Juan.

Shen Juan quickly reached out and pressed her middle finger down.

"There are so many cameras facing you, please be careful with your words and actions."

He himself didn't care about the middle finger or not, as it was just a joke between friends. But if the scene was filmed by a passerby fan and uploaded to the Internet, Bai Lu would probably face overwhelming cyber violence.

No one understands the fighting power of spring rolls better than him!
So since we are just friends who have known each other for a long time, there is no need to let others suffer such an unexpected disaster.

The award ceremony is about to begin.

The celebrity guests in the Olympic Stadium were taken to their respective seats by the organizer's staff.

As the absolute face of this year's Scream Night and also the "father of Taoyuan Factory" in the eyes of the outside world, Shen Juan's seat was naturally arranged by the organizers in the most conspicuous first row.

Sitting next to him was his old friend.

Che Che, vice president and program producer of Kiwifruit.

"Director Che, what are your plans for next year?"

"There are a lot of plans, it all depends on whether you have time to come and support us." Che Che asked with a smile, "Will you be free to come and play in the new rap next year? This year's semi-finals has attracted a lot of attention online because of you."

"If you have time, you can record an episode as a guest like we did this year." Shen Juan did not refuse directly.

"It would be great if you could come. I also have a singer-songwriter program that I think would be perfect for you to participate in."

Che Che explained to Shen Juan the main content and general situation of the program "I Am a Singer-Songwriter".

“When do you plan to start recording?”

“In the second quarter of next year.”

"Forget it then. I'm planning to release my second English album in the first half of next year, and I also have to stay on the show 'Longing for Life' in China. I don't think I can spare much time."

This show is just a bunch of nonsense. After the salary cap is issued and implemented, no sky-high contracts worth tens of millions will be offered. The popularity and broadcast volume are also average, so there is no need to go.

"That's such a shame"

The two chatted for a while before stopping because it was exactly eight o'clock in the evening and the award ceremony began.

It was still an ordinary idol group opening performance. Shen Juan didn't find it interesting, but he still clapped symbolically.

Then comes the pork distribution process.

Shen Juan received two awards tonight:

First up was the Male Singer of the Year award without any prefix. When Shen Juan went on stage to give his acceptance speech, he also revealed the planned release date of his Chinese album and the second English album in the first half of next year, which can be regarded as an advance publicity warm-up.

Then there is the most valuable screaming male god in this Scream Night, which is closely related to commercial value, traffic and popularity.

Amid the thunderous cheers and screams of fans and applause from his colleagues, Shen Juan went on stage and received his own trophy from the award presenter Gong Yu.

"First of all I have to thank Kiwifruit for giving me this honor, and then I have to thank my fans, because it is you who have brought me to where I am today and allowed me to receive this award."

"A few days ago, I accidentally saw a private message from a fan friend. She said that she has been under a lot of academic pressure recently and her parents' expectations have made her feel suffocated. Now she is very confused and doesn't know where her life should go."

"So I just took this opportunity to give my advice. I can't really call it advice. I'm not at the stage where I can give life advice to others. I'll just share some of my views and opinions. I hope this friend can see it."

"I remember Nietzsche said this: You have to figure out the script of your own life. It is not the sequel to your parents', not the prequel to your children's, and not the epilogue to your friends'. The most difficult stage in life is not that no one understands you, but that you don't understand yourself. Sometimes you have to think more about yourself and live for yourself. In my opinion, this is not selfishness, but the brilliance of being an independent individual."

"So I hope everyone can get better and better in the future, and I hope everyone can do what they like and live freely. Of course, I also hope everyone can be like me now." Shen Juan raised the trophy high, "Find your own screaming moment."

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