The battle for traffic in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 129 Get him out!

Chen Shicheng is currently filming "Great Expectations" in Xiangshan, and Xu Xing Studio's "The Invisible Guardian" is also being filmed there, so I'm going to go there tomorrow and visit the set together.

The male protagonist of "The Invisible Guardian" is confirmed to be Comrade Xiao Tu from his previous life, Li Jiulin.

Appointed by Xu Xing.

Originally, Xu Xing had never suggested to Liu Cheng which male artist to sign, because those born in 95 in the previous life who had made some name for themselves already had someone in their corner or had their own connections.

And they are all forced out by resources.

Anyway, we are all in the business of making traffic consumables, so it doesn’t matter which one we sign.

But Xu Xing casually flipped through the pile of resumes that Liu Cheng handed over, and he happened to be among them, so he told Liu Cheng to sign him first.

Born in 94, not graduated yet, but I didn’t study professionally, I went to Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, and I’ve starred in a few commercials.

I'm pretty good-looking. After I finish filming the PPT for "The Invisible Guardian", I'll take some acting classes and play supporting roles. If I can get good at it, I'll develop further. Otherwise, I'll just continue to be a muddleheaded person like in my previous life.

At first, Hou Minghao was asked to give it a try, but his face could not support Xiao Tu's aura even when taking a PPT.

Finish talking about Chen Sicheng.

"Scooter Braun, the American music agent who manages Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande, has sent you a contract invitation, inviting you to expand your music business to the United States."

Liu Cheng's eyes were shining and he looked very excited.

This is the most popular music agent in Europe and the United States!

He single-handedly discovered and made JB famous.

He was also responsible for marketing the South Korean song "Gangnam Style" by PSY, which swept the world in 12.

This is what Liu Cheng learned.

What people don’t understand now is that in the past, BTS, which was a small company in South Korea that boasted about its counterattack, but actually had a strong background and was flooded with marketing, but no one in South Korea and China paid attention to it, and finally went to the United States to become a world-class boy band, was also his work.

——BTS fans like to praise the "god album" "In the Mood for Love" which made the group soar. It has been released for more than a year, but they still won many awards in South Korea but have few fans. There is no such group in China. The fraud that was confirmed by the South Korean court in the previous life was also during this period.

Of course, Scooter is also a vampire.

Hybe (BTS's company) enjoyed BTS's success, but the price he paid was to spend $10 billion to acquire his shell company, and this is just on the surface.

But from Liu Cheng's perspective, this is an important opportunity for Xu Xing to expand his international influence, and Xu Xing also has the idea of developing in the United States.

Liu Cheng had previously learned from Sun Man that Xu Xing had been instructing the fan club to increase the number of views of "Love Yourself" on YouTube through her.

Since the song was officially released, it has not been in the top 33 of the weekly YouTube song chart for more than half a year. As a result, near the end of the year, "Love Yourself" has temporarily ranked rd in the annual chart.

At first, the comments under the song were all from Xu Xing’s fans (including fans from the island province, Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia), but as time went on, more and more European and American users were "pleasantly surprised to discover this treasure single."

Although they initially thought that this was sung by a European or American singer, with the tireless popularization of information by Xu Xing's fans, they basically all knew that this was the work of a Chinese singer.

——In addition, there are also BTS’s fans who keep leaving comments below, just like what they do under the videos of Korean groups such as EXO on the domestic B station.

"Love Yourself" follows the same trajectory as "Gangnam Style", it was also first released on YouTube and then seen by Scooter.

——The difference is that in the beginning, not many people watched "Gangnam Style" until Scooter found a bunch of big-name European and American singers to repost it, and then it was hyped up.

Although "Love Yourself" does not have the iconic magical dance like "Gangnam Style", the quality of this song is obviously much higher.

As long as Scooter helps operate it, it will definitely be popular all over the world!

Liu Cheng believes.

Will we still need to debate who is the top star at that time?
"Did he say how much it would cost?"

Xu Xing asked curiously.

Keeping fans on YouTube is indeed a way of planning ahead.

However, it is just waiting for Chris Wu to release an album and prepare to top the charts in the United States, and then choose a record company's channel to push this "world famous song" "Love Yourself" to the United States, so that the winner will be immediately judged.

——Chris Wu was removed from the list, and the diss article that Ariana Grande liked was caused by Scooter.

The senior executives of several multinational record companies in Greater China have actually contacted the studio, but the response they received was that Xu Xing did not want to develop in the United States for the time being.

Xu Xing was quite surprised that he could attract Scooter's attention.

After all, normally, at this point in time he is still in charge of the development of artists under YG Entertainment, to which PSY belongs, in the United States (2ne1's CL debuted in the United States in August this year), and has almost been licked by Big Hit (the predecessor of Hybe).

“30 million dollars for a number one single on the Billboard US chart.”

Liu Cheng looked even more excited.

Billboard No. 1 single!

American!
It’s not the fake chart that Billboard officially entered into China in cooperation with Youku!
Once we get it, it will be history!
The Light of the Chinese!

"Tell him to get lost!"

Xu Xing was also convinced.

Who do you think is the idiot big-headed ghost?

Two hundred million to buy a number one single?
"Uh... Mr. Yu——"

"He's still Diamond!" Xu Xing interrupted him, "Money doesn't just come out of thin air. Billboard is owned by his family? Can't we get a refund from him?"

"..."

Liu Cheng felt helpless.

Originally, he wanted to take the opportunity to persuade Xu Xing to accept the invitation from the NBA.

There were invitations from the league to participate in the celebrity game, and there were also promotion invitations from the Warriors.

——Because Chris Wu was the first to attend, Xu Xing didn’t want to go.

"I'll talk to them at dinner time."

Xu Xing said.

……

But in fact, only Mr. Qu was present at dinner time.

Although Yu Murong felt a lot more relaxed after changing jobs, he still had to go on business trips.

When Yu Murong was not around, President Qu was relatively... closer.

For example, after entering the door, she personally bent down to help Xu Xing get her slippers and helped her take off her jacket, which Xu Xing didn't want to take off.

When she took the gift from Xu Xing, she patted Xu Xing's arm while scolding him.

The last time she came during the Chinese New Year, she was watching from the side, and Yu Murong just politely accepted Xu Xing's gift. Yes, we didn't eat out, and Mr. Qu said he would cook for us himself.

Mr. Qu was dressed in a very casual way, with wide-leg pants and a thin sweater, so that... he stood out.

It’s hard to say whether the dishes were really cooked by Mr. Qu, because when Xu Xing arrived, everything was already prepared, including four dishes and one soup.

Stir-fried Chinese cabbage, shredded pork with Beijing sauce, vermicelli shrimp with garlic sauce, abalone with scallion oil, and morel chicken soup.

The taste is quite good.

Eat and chat at the same time.

It was mainly Xu Xing who was eating, and she only occasionally picked up a piece of vegetable heart with her chopsticks and picked up some vegetables for Xu Xing.

Yu Murong never picked up any food for Xu Xing.

Xu Xing first told Qu Mingzhen not to spend too much money on promoting his music in the United States, as he had no interest in developing his career in the United States, and that neither the United States nor Hollywood had much appeal to him.

BTS paid 10 billion US dollars in protection fees, but apart from a few number one singles that have been mocked by Europeans and Americans, it has not achieved anything outstanding and is still not a well-known internet celebrity in Europe and the United States.

They can only go back to East Asia and Southeast Asia to brag and make money. The money they make in the United States and other places is still from Asians, mainly Chinese students.

They are originally different cultural circles, and the gap between them is getting bigger and bigger. If you have the chance, just take advantage of it to improve your reputation.

“But that song is really great.”

Qu Mingzhen held her cheek with her left hand and looked at Xu Xing, who seemed to be becoming more and more outstanding the more she looked at her.

"As long as Sister Zhen likes it, that's all."

Xu Xing smiled.

Qu Mingzhen smiled.

"Then Xiao Xing, whatever you say is fine."

Then we chatted casually about work.

Qu Mingzhen mentioned that Xu Xinghui would go to the island province to join the crew of "Witness" in a while.

Liu Cheng told her that Xu Xing wanted to be nominated for the Golden Horse Awards with this film, and she had been giving him advice for some time.

She read the script and thought that as long as Xu Xing's acting skills were good, this would not be a difficult task.

After all, it was a nomination that both Dong Zijian and Ma Sichun were able to arrange. Do they have strong connections in the film and television circles of the island province?
Isn't the essence of this approach just to block the needs of people from the island provinces who want to develop in the mainland and play a game of resource exchange?
Now Xu Xing is starring in a movie from Taiwan, which is purely to promote the movie. Once the cake of the movie is divided, it will be almost done.

In the island province, she also has connections with Qiu Likuan’s Silver Entertainment Music, and here she has Wanta Cinemas, as well as Zhengrong Films, a big project she is working on with great fanfare.

Not to mention the tacit understanding he now has with the chairman of the jury, Li An.

After finishing the meal and cleaning up the dishes and the kitchen, Xu Xing was ready to leave.

Qu Mingzhen seemed to want to say something but stopped himself.

"Anything else? Zhenjie."

Xu Xing asked.

"Um, Xiao Xing, are you and Lu Jingshan in a relationship?"

Qu Mingzhen still asked.

"No."

Xu Xing simply shook his head.

"That you……"

Qu Mingzhen couldn't help biting his lower lip, not knowing how to continue asking.

She is not naive.

After being told by her bodyguard that Xu Xing and Lu Jingshan had hooked up in Africa, she felt that many of the rumors about Xu Xing were probably true.

Xu Xing is probably not as well-behaved and peaceful as she appears to be.

After all, Lu Jingshan is ten years older than Xu Xing, and she isn't particularly pretty. Xu Xing...

And when she heard Xu Xing talking about the script of "Dark", she had some bad guesses.

But she also knew what the entertainment industry was like. She had been thinking about how to naturally persuade Xu Xing that there was no need to be like them and that he should just find a normal girlfriend, but she hadn't figured out how to say it.

No matter how outstanding a person is, he or she may go astray during the growth process. The key is how to correct himself or herself.

"..."

Xu Xing lowered his head and looked at the floor.

The room fell silent.

"Did Sister Zhen tell Sister Rong?"

Xu Xing raised his head and asked.

"No."

Qu Mingzhen said immediately.

She knew how good Xu Xing's image was in Yu Murong's eyes.

It would be best if I could turn back before Yu Murong finds out.

"Oh," Xu Xing nodded, then raised his hand to scratch his head, "In Africa, it's... the situation is quite special. Anyway, it's definitely not my girlfriend, and I won't... again in the future. Sister Zhen, you should go to bed early. I'm leaving first."

Xu Xing just left like that.

Qu Ming was so worried that he didn't sleep well all night.

Xu Xing slept very well.

After all, I had already thought about this possibility before sleeping with Lu Jingshan.

Or maybe part of the reason for sleeping with Lu Jingshan was that he wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to break the window while the bodyguards arranged by President Qu were there.

Hiding from the paparazzi is exhausting.

There's no need to keep hiding it from my good sister.

After such a long period of contact, Qu Mingzhen and Yu Murong have a very good relationship. They should not really dislike Xu Xing for this.

(End of this chapter)