Huayu: Starting from the top talent show

Chapter 368: Is topping Forbes the world's No. man?
On the 11th, after settling his girlfriends, Shen Juan left Beijing again for his hometown, Shanghai, to start a new round of work.

The Leviathan Era world tour is about to officially start in this city, and Shen Juan needs to go to the scene for on-site rehearsals.

At the same time, he will also attend the premiere of the movie "Galaxy Tutorial" in Shanghai to support his friends, and use the breaks between rehearsals to complete Chinese and English interviews with media from various countries, mainly to warm up for the North American tour that will start in August and the European tour that will start in October.

In fact, during this period, due to the combined effects of the Leviathan tour and the 144-hour visa-free policy, a large number of foreigners have flocked to Shanghai, which has not only greatly boosted the local economy, but also improved China's previously "demonized" international image through the window of Shanghai.

As for Shanghai, it also gave Shen Juan enough respect.

Not only did local newspapers and magazines report this historic event intensively, they also helped it develop into a hot spot for the entire city.

We also teamed up with the brands endorsed by Shen Juan to cheer for Shen Juan in major shopping malls, CBD subway stations, bus stations and other crowded commercial centers and transportation hubs, using various methods including but not limited to large-screen video playback and ground advertising, making this "Son of the Magic City" more worthy of the title!
There was even a Tik Tok blogger who did a 12-hour outdoor challenge to catch the attention of the audience. He wanted to see how many times he could encounter or hear Shen Juan and his songs from the time he left home in the morning to the time he returned home in the evening (using only public transportation the entire time).

The results are jaw-dropping.

12 hours, 128 times.

This means that on average you can see Shen Juan once, or hear Shen Juan's songs played by merchants once, in less than 6 minutes.

This is really a bit horrifying.

Although this blogger chose crowded downtown areas, those areas are often popular with celebrities.

Although this was a special event encountered during a special period, the relevant departments made special arrangements under special circumstances.

It's not usually like this.

But the statement that "Shen Juan can be seen once in less than 6 minutes in Shanghai on average" is still too exaggerated and outrageous!
This means that as long as the tens of millions of permanent residents in the Magic City are not ultimate cave dwellers who are oblivious to what is happening outside, they will be able to form a memory of Shen Juan's face in a short period of time.

I know that there is such a young singer who is so popular abroad that he has become the pride of Shanghai. I know that Shanghai will randomly refresh many chattering foreign NPCs during this period. I know that the highly anticipated Leviathan Era Tour, which is watched by everyone and even the whole world, will soon kick off at Shanghai Stadium.
This shows that the upcoming Leviathan Era tour is no longer just an event in the entertainment industry.

Driven by government departments, this has become a hotly discussed topic among residents and netizens in today's society!
Data analysis shows that for every 100 yuan spent by the average audience at a concert, they will spend more than 300 yuan locally, including hotels, restaurants, transportation, and clothing.

Moreover, when encountering special circumstances or when a big-name singer descends on a city after a long absence, the consumption ratio will be even higher!

For example, the concert held by Bagu at the He Long Stadium in Changsha with a capacity of 5 people generated consumption of up to million yuan.

The long-awaited reunion of the three TFB members for the Ten-Year Concert also generated more than 4 million in tourism revenue for Xi'an.

Taylor's Time Tour held 50 shows in North America, driving spending of $50 billion, and the state government was so happy that it made them laugh.

It's so fucking crazy!

How many small and medium-sized companies combined would be needed to create economic benefits of this scale!

Considering this, the US$600 million subsidy (bonus) given to him by the Singapore government for three concerts is still too little.

Taylor's Time Tour brought Taylor fans from all over Asia and the Pacific to Singapore, bringing in more than 20 billion yuan in tourism revenue to the local area. This angered government officials from countries like Thailand and the Philippines, who started a verbal battle with Singaporean officials, saying that it was shameful for them to rely on concert subsidies to attract singers!
Of course, Shen Juan doesn't care about these verbal attacks.

He only cares
My level is a little bit lower, and with the diversion from the Bangkok venue, he should still have at least 1 billion, 700 million or 800 million, right?
Shouldn't you give more?
All I can say is that although some singers seem to earn much less than those entrepreneurs and have a much lower social status, considering the economic benefits created by their tours, to a certain extent, their value and significance in the eyes of government departments may not be necessarily worse than that of ordinary entrepreneurs.

Even a hermaphrodite like Linlin, who repeatedly trampled on the dignity of the mainland, could have safely completed her professional career, made a fortune in the mainland, and then returned to the island to continue making disgusting and ugly remarks, if Shen Juan had not found an opportunity to forcibly ban her.

Singers who have reached the top are much more successful than actors.

Just ban the traffic stars and actors, there are plenty of people who can be replaced in this circle anyway.

There is no situation where the absence of any one person will cause major economic losses and bring the entire entertainment industry to a standstill.

But singers? Especially those who are popular, have a fixed fan base, and can go on national tours?
Even if a person is embroiled in scandal, has a chaotic private life, or even has questionable stance, the higher authorities generally will not issue an explicit ban.

In short, traffic and actors are tools, mainly making money for entertainment industry capital and those endorsing brands.

First-line singers can bring tangible economic benefits to various social classes and industries outside the entertainment industry.

Therefore, if Big Brother Cheng’s achievements as an actor were converted into a singer, his historical status would only be more explosive!

And Shen Juan is doing this now.

"Yes, the washlight must take care of both the stage and the auditorium, and also be combined with the audience's wristbands."

"You've checked the equipment today, are there any problems? It's very expensive, and it cost a lot to ship it here, so don't break it."

"Wow! Who is the VJ teacher? Some of his ideas are really genius! After the tour is over, I must give them bonuses! Haha, Kevin, of course you will get a share, everyone will get a share! After all, you know, compared to making money, what I want more is to present the most perfect stage effect!"

"Wait, are you saying that Sam has already come to Shanghai? It doesn't matter, let him see whatever he wants. Anyway, he should come here just to experience the atmosphere of the concert in advance so that he can conceive the content of the filming. The official filming time of the concert film is scheduled for the three days in Los Angeles."

After landing in Shanghai, Shen Juan was communicating with his concert director Kevin on the phone about concert matters.

As for this Sam, he is actually Sam Wrench, who originally directed concert movies of many big-name singers and groups such as Taylor Swift, Jessica Biel, Billie Eilish, BTS, etc. Shen Juan called him here this time to let professionals do professional things, and he must make the Leviathan Era Tour immortal!
After talking about the concert, put down your phone.

It was Yangyang Jin's turn to come over and start a conversation: "Congratulations, you've won the world's first place again!"

After landing in Shanghai and starting to work, I felt the atmosphere suddenly became tense and I was extremely busy.

"What is the world's first?"

"According to the Forbes Global Celebrity List released today, you surpassed Taylor Swift to become the world's number one."

"What kind of list is this? What is the basis for calculating the ranking?"

"It seems to be based on income." Yang Yangjin took out his phone and looked at the news report, then said: "You are ranked first with an income of 2.21 million, Taylor Swift is ranked second with 1.85 million, Kylie Jenner is ranked third with 1.7 million, and Kanye is fourth with 1.5 million. The units are all US dollars."

"No. How do they calculate the income?" Shen Juan didn't quite understand. How could they get the real data for this?
"It's just a random calculation! How else can it be calculated?" Yang Yangjin shrugged in a very Shen Juan-like manner, even imitating Shen Juan's signature movements, which had been transformed into Shen Juan's exclusive form. "The tax department has to check the accounts for a long time before they can calculate it. Isn't this a joke?"

"show me."

"You don't have a cell phone?"

"Didn't you just click on this news?"

Although Yangyangjin rolled his eyes speechlessly, he still handed over his phone with a righteous tone.

Shen Juan took it and looked down.

这篇新闻报道说这个榜单使用的是2018年6月1日至2019年6月1日，扣除了经理人、律师和经纪人费用的税前收入。

This data is then based on data websites and interviews with industry experts and celebrities themselves.

In short, it's complete bullshit!
Maybe the ranking has some reference value.

But the data can only be considered an estimate.

Then he looked at his own column.

It was discovered that Forbes included his salary for "A River of Sadness", his Japanese EP, his Chinese album, his salary for "Longing for Life 3", his second English album, the Royal Albert Hall DVD released last month, his salary for "Better Days", and his income from more than 30 endorsements.

Shen Juan simply checked the accounts himself.
It really needs to be simply checked.

Because he only knew the total income of last year from his personal financial team, but he did not ask them for the total income of the second half of last year and the first half of this year.

The sales of the Chinese album amounted to more than 200 million Chinese yuan.

The sales of the Japanese EP amounted to more than 200 million Chinese yuan.

The DVD and BD of the unplugged concert plus the DVD and BD of the Albert Hall concert cost more than 200 million Chinese yuan.

"Underrated" has sold nearly 300 million copies from June last year to now, and "Leviathan" has sold more than 1100 million copies since its release in April this year. The cumulative sales of 1400 million albums sold worldwide exceed 2 million US dollars, and the streaming media income from exchanging playback volume is about 1.1 million US dollars, plus the endorsement fees of nearly million US dollars from more than brands, as well as the film and variety show fees and miscellaneous announcement income from domestic entertainment activities.

And deduct the portion that needs to be distributed to Universal (all music works except Chinese albums), distribution platforms (major streaming platforms) and Lehua (Chinese albums, film and variety show remuneration, announcement fees and some domestic brand endorsements)
The fan circle gossip was correct. Shen Juan and Le Hua did have a quarrel over endorsement income, but they finally decided to compromise. Le Hua would get 10% of the endorsement fees from foreign brands and 50% from domestic brands, namely Tianmao, Amul, League of Legends, and Xiaomi.

Therefore, the income before profit sharing is 5.2 million US dollars, and the pre-tax income after profit sharing seems to be more than 2 million US dollars!

It turns out that I had wronged Forbes.

They can really make a rough estimate!

So Shen Juan scrolled down to the comment section at the bottom to see what netizens thought of the ranking of this list.

[2.21 million US dollars before tax? Isn't that 15 billion Chinese yuan? This is really a bit scary. I'm really slaying to come up with a number that doesn't belong to the domestic entertainment industry.]

[Hahahaha, my favorite male and female singers took the first and second place! I feel very comfortable with Forbes' ranking this year! ]

[Taylor Swift had to hold 40 world-famous concerts to get to the second place, which is incomparable to Shen Juan who earns from pure music endorsements. And if the current situation continues, Shen Juan will probably be on the Forbes Global Celebrity List again next year. The Leviathan Era Tour is perfectly timed in this time period. 】【Did they not include domestic entertainment stars? I feel that the hundreds of millions of yuan in pay for domestic entertainment stars is also scary.】

[Times have changed. Salaries are limited now, and there are a lot of weird things like yin-yang contracts in the domestic entertainment industry. It's hard for us to check the accounts. Do you think Forbes will get involved in this mess? In my opinion, if the IRS next door is moved to China, no one will dare to evade taxes. ]

[Big Brother Cheng, who is also from China, ranked 40th, BTS, who is also from Asia, ranked 43rd, and Shen Juan ranked first, beating out world-class stars like Taylor, Kanye, Huang Laoban, Messi and Ronaldo! If this is not the light of Asia, what is it? If this is not the world's number one male star, what is it? ]

[So side jobs really make money. Kanye made it to the fourth place by doing his side job, and then there is Rihanna and others. From this point of view, it is really rare for people like me and Taylor Swift to be ranked in the top few by relying solely on their income as artists. Artists who are serious about making music and being stars will definitely succeed in the future! ]

[Although Shen Juan is only 21 years old this year, I think he can already be called one of the most successful humans! ]

After reading the comments, I returned the phone to Yangyang Jin.

After a moment of silence, Shen Juan asked with a rather nonsensical smile: "Do you think I will be successful in the future?"

"Haven't you succeeded?" Yang Yangjin didn't quite understand why Shen Juan suddenly asked such a question.

Showing off? Not really.

There's nothing to show off to people you know well.

Is that self-doubt? That's even more impossible.

A guy with excessive ego will never fall into self-doubt. He is full of confidence and is extremely self-confident!
Shen Juan smiled and shook his head. "It can only be considered a phased success now, but overall it's still not enough."

"What's enough, then?"

"Emmm, I don't know. Maybe tomorrow will be enough? Maybe the day after tomorrow? Or..." Shen Juan shrugged with a relaxed smile on his face, "It will never be enough."

Yangyang Jin stared at the handsome face full of youthfulness in front of her, and suddenly felt touched in her heart.

Although in her eyes, Shen Juan has achieved the best he can do at this stage, and in a sense, has become a transcendent existence unprecedented and unrivaled in Asia, but now it seems that he is obviously not satisfied with this, and he wants to gain more achievements, fame and fortune.

This may be the source of motivation that keeps him hungry, constantly breaking records and reaching the peak of his career.

Maybe his part as a person has many flaws due to his emotional problems, but his part as an artist.
Yangjin Zhuoma believes that it is flawless.

The first task in the afternoon is live broadcast.

Live broadcast of the promotion of the drama "Dear, Beloved".

Just put on some simple makeup and go straight into the scene with light makeup.

Since this is the first business activity after the broadcast of "Dear, Beloved", which has begun to take shape as a hit, fans of the actors, ordinary drama fans, passers-by and netizens are actually quite looking forward to it. The relevant entries were directly pushed to the top of the hot search to attract more passers-by.

As for the live broadcast format, it is actually no different from general interview variety shows, with you asking and answering or having a free conversation.

However, considering the current period in the domestic entertainment industry, things like visiting buildings and live broadcasts of drama promotions are still new things, and the actors may not know what to talk about or what to do. If both parties are quiet, the effect may not be very good, so the drama production team has specially assigned a host to each of the main creators to be in charge of controlling the situation.

fair enough.

This will save us from getting into trouble when the conversation gets too exciting.

At 2 pm, the Weibo live broadcast started on time.

"Hello, hello, good afternoon to all the viewers in the live broadcast room. Today we have invited several leading actors from the recently popular TV series "Dear, Beloved", which has broken many records after only four episodes. Let us welcome Shen Juan, Yang Zi, and Jiang Peiyao with the warmest comments!"

"The three teachers can enter the live broadcast room and say hello to the audience in the live broadcast room first."

After hearing the host's call, several leading actors turned on their cameras and microphones. Then the staff beside them helped check the equipment and live broadcast settings and confirmed that they were correct. Then the live broadcast of the drama promotion, which was watched by more than one million people in the live broadcast room, officially began.

"Hello everyone, good afternoon, I am Shen Juan, I play the role of Gun God Han Shangyan in Go Go Squid!"

"Hello everyone, I'm Yang Zi, here."

While the three leading actors introduced themselves one by one according to the procedure, the barrage of comments in the live broadcast room kept flashing.

【Sigh, so tired, so tired, so tired!!!】

[It is a person who will be moved no matter how many times you watch it! 】

[These are the most beautiful eyes I have ever seen.]

【The little monkey Zi is super cute! 】

[The "Youngest in China", who was once famous for his youthfulness, seems to be able to play a mature role without any sense of incongruity! 】

[It is not recommended for young girls to get involved with Shen Juan directly, because his vision will be raised to be very high. ]

Several leading actors couldn't see clearly what the audience said, after all, there were too many comments and they flew by in an instant.

Fortunately, there are staff members in charge of screening and control, so Shen Juan and his team don’t have to worry about it, which makes them feel relieved.

"Are there any interesting stories that happened during the filming that you can share with everyone?" The host began to push the process.

"The three of us often go for a walk near the hotel after work." Yang Zi took the initiative to take over the topic.

"Oh?"

"But because I was photographed by passers-by and became a trending topic several times, I stopped walking in that area afterwards."

Ever since they became a hot topic, the streets near their hotel have seen a surge in fans every night.

At first, Shen Juan would chat with them in a friendly manner, but later he found that the trend of "accidentally encountering" idols on the street was becoming more and more serious. Moreover, with so many cameras pointing at them, many things could not be discussed, which made him feel more or less uncomfortable, so he changed his strategy.

"Does it mean to change the place?"

"Yes, after all, Shen Juan is from Shanghai. When we were filming in Shanghai, he was the one who took us to various activities after work." Yang Zi smoothly and naturally shifted the topic to Shen Juan. She was very self-aware and knew that Shen Juan was the male protagonist of this live broadcast.

"I didn't expect that Teacher Shen Juan was the one who started the topic! Teacher Shen Juan, do you have anything to say?"

"No, I'm only responsible for organizing the party, but Yang Zi usually does things like starting topics and livening up the atmosphere. She's our happy pill." Shen Juan took a sip of coffee, then cueed Jiang Peiyao, wanting to give her some traffic as well. "Generally speaking, Jiang Jiang and I are the ones who listen."

Jiang Peiyao narrowed her eyes and smiled: "To be precise, I am the one who listens. You talk a lot sometimes."

Yang Zi was immediately amused and quickly added: "Yes! Shen Juan is also very talkative when it comes to certain topics. I can only say that he is not as aloof and cold as you think."

Shen Juan was speechless when he heard her say that. He rolled his eyes out of habit, "You make me sound like a god."

"Pay attention to the impact and don't roll your eyes!" Yang Zi took on the role of a discipline committee member and reminded in a serious manner.

"Everyone knows that this is my habitual action, and I think I deserve the right to roll my eyes freely."

"What if others want to roll their eyes?"

"It's very simple. Ask her to write a 500-word application for me. If I approve it, she can translate it."

"The right to roll your eyes is sacred and inviolable!"

Wang Churan, who was watching the live broadcast, felt that these words touched her heart. Senior Shen Juan was really great!
"And then... I think everyone has bad moods sometimes, especially some female artists in the industry who have to attend events when they are in pain during their menstrual period. Of course, I am not saying that this behavior deserves praise, I just think that there is no need to focus on people's expressions in private occasions."

Zhou Ye, who was lying on the sofa and watching Tik Tok, suddenly felt refreshed. He felt that a disaster that happened in the future seemed to be erased. He immediately booked three tickets to Shanghai for the day after tomorrow, intending to watch Shen Juan’s concert in person and not miss any of his shining moments in the world!
Next, the live business broadcast continued in an orderly manner under the control of the host.

After watching the whole process, although there were no major explosive points: Shen Juan did not intend to create a couple with Yang Zi, Yang Zi knew that Shen Juan would not be tied to him, Jiang Peiyao was powerless and did not dare to speak actively, and several of them were very tight-lipped and it was impossible for them to reveal the content of their conversation while crossing the road.

However, the harmonious atmosphere of "love and hate" between the main actors is still quite satisfying to fans and audiences.

Although highly irritating industrial saccharin is powerful, pure natural honey can also make people feel good.

The discussion of the TV series has further increased, and the traffic popularity of several leading actors has increased to varying degrees.

Yang Zi has been firmly established in the top echelon for two consecutive years by producing hits, and Shen Juan has achieved initial dominance in the field of contemporary idol dramas.

The three fields of film, television and music have all achieved phased success.

At this point, "Dear, Beloved" has achieved divinity, and all it needs to do to become a "phenomenal hit" is wait for the heat to ferment.

So next
Perhaps Shen Juan should focus all his energy and attention on the upcoming Leviathan Era tour.

As a singer, that is his top priority!

(End of this chapter)