This star is a bit wild

Chapter 114 Global Spokesperson

"Good evening, Charles!"

"Qiongying, nice to see you again!"

The moment Charles Hunter walked into the room from outside, Zhao Qiongying and Chu Hang both stood up from their chairs.

Chu Hang watched Zhao Qiongying and Charles Hunter greet each other familiarly. He stood silently by their side, looking at them with a smile on his face.

Charles Hunter is an Italian, nearly sixty years old. He has maintained a pretty good figure. He is not as bloated as many European elderly people, but just a little fat.

His attire was quite sophisticated, a tailor-made business suit, paired with an expensive watch and men's ring. Although he looked very kind at the moment, one could still sense his powerful aura of someone who had been in a high position for a long time.

"Charles, let me introduce you."

"This is Chu Hang, my trusted and beloved general, the young man I mentioned to you a few days ago. He is truly very, very, very outstanding."

After Zhao Qiongying exchanged a few pleasantries with Charles Hunter, she turned around and formally introduced Chu Hang to him.

"Mr. Charles, it's an honor to meet you."

Chu Hang extended his left hand, his tone slightly respectful.

"Mr. Chu, I was watching you and Beilin's competition at home last night. Your performance last night was truly amazing, practically perfect!"

Charles Hunter shook hands with Chu Hang, looking at him with a bit of appreciation and a tone of praise.

"Thank you Mr. Charles for the compliment."

Chu Hang responded with a smile: "In the next competition, I will keep working hard and strive to present an even better performance."

"Let's sit down and talk."

When Zhao Qiongying heard Charles Hunter say that he had watched Chu Hang and Beilin's competition last night, the smile on her face couldn't help but grow even wider.

Attention means consideration.

This shows that since she talked with Charles Hunter that day, the other party has been seriously observing Chu Hang.

After a brief greeting, the three of them sat down at the round table.

Soon, the waiters brought out beautifully presented dishes one after another.

Zhao Qiongying asked Charles Hunter, "Charles, I just saw they have a 2011 Château Leroy Grand Cru dry red wine in their store. Shall we have a drink today?"

"Château Leroy Grand Cru?"

"This is auction-level wine."

Charles Hunter's eyes lit up slightly: "It's not easy to meet you, so let's have a drink."

Zhao Qiongying smiled slightly when she heard this, then raised her hand and gestured to the waiter guarding the door: "Help us open that bottle of red wine and wake up the wine."

"Ok."

The waiter bowed slightly to Zhao Qiongying, and then immediately opened the wine according to Zhao Qiongying's request.

After all the dishes and red wine were served, Zhao Qiongying dismissed the waiter.

The Bund at night, fine wine and delicious food.

This was the first time Chu Hang had experienced such a life of extravagance and decadence.

The three of them sat around a round table, chatting about Chu Hang's amazing performance on the "Singer" show last night, but they didn't get straight to the point.

"Eh?"

"Charles, I wonder if you know Director Cade Wagner?"

As the three of them were chatting, Zhao Qiongying suddenly said this.

"Director Cade Wagner?"

Charles Hunter was stunned for a moment, then replied, "It's not that I know him, I've just seen him a few times in public. What's the matter?"

"Oh……"

"nothing."

Zhao Qiongying smiled and said, "It's our Chu Hang. He just received an invitation from Beilin yesterday. She wants us to work with her to create the theme song for Director Cade's latest movie."

"I was thinking that if you, Charles, knew Director Cade, we could get some inside details from you, which would also help Chu Hang to better create and meet Director Cade's requirements as soon as possible."

Chu Hang, who was sitting next to Zhao Qiongying, watched Zhao Qiongying talk about the matter lightly. He looked calm on the surface, but in fact he was a little confused in his heart.

This is indeed what happened, but when it fell into Zhao Qiongying's mouth, it suddenly took on a different taste.

"Oh?"

"Is there such a thing?"

Charles Hunter looked a little surprised. "If we can successfully get the theme song for Director Cade's new film, it will be of great help to Mr. Chu in enhancing his international influence."

"I hope so."

"Director Cade is known for his high standards, so all we can say is that we're giving it our all."

Zhao Qiongying picked up the goblet and gestured to Charles Hunter with a smile.

"I believe that with Mr. Chu's talent, he can definitely impress Director Cade."

Charles Hunter raised his glass and gestured towards Chu Hang: "I look forward to your good news."

"Ding--"

The crisp and clear sound of clinking glasses rang out, and everyone raised their glasses and took a sip.

Soon, three rounds of wine had passed and five flavors of food had been eaten.

At this point, it’s time to get down to business.

Zhao Qiongying gently wiped her red lips with a tissue, then asked with a smile, "Charles, regarding the suggestion I made to you some time ago, what do you think of it?"

"Qiongying, my answer to this matter is yes."

As Charles Hunter finished speaking, Zhao Qiongying and Chu Hang were immediately delighted, but they did not show it because they knew that the other party would definitely have many more requirements.

Sure enough, right after Charles Hunter gave his answer, he changed the subject: "It is possible, but the prerequisite is that we conduct a six-month investigation on Mr. Chu. If Mr. Chu meets all our requirements during the investigation period, we will officially announce Mr. Chu as our global spokesperson."

"During the inspection period, we will announce Mr. Chu as a brand friend of Amani. However, compared to other brand friends, Mr. Chu will enjoy preferential fashion resources as a global spokesperson during the inspection period."

"For example, for the upcoming 'Singer' finals, we're willing to send our top team from headquarters to tailor-make two sets of performance costumes for Mr. Chu as a token of our sincerity. I wonder if Qiongying and Mr. Chu agree to this condition?"

Zhao Qiongying and Chu Hang looked at each other after hearing this.

Probation period. Usually, when international top luxury brands are selecting global spokespersons, if the other party is not a super top star who is sought after by major top luxury brands, they will often set up a probation period to conduct an initial and relatively superficial cooperation to evaluate the prospective global spokesperson.

If the evaluation results meet the standards, the international top luxury brand will officially announce it.

If the evaluation results do not meet the standards, the result will naturally be a breakup.

Even the real top stars need a probation period if they want to get a global endorsement contract from a top international luxury brand. So it is understandable that the other party has set up a probation period for Chu Hang, who is not yet a top star.

"Charles, I want to know what conditions you can offer our Chu Hang if he passes your probation period?"

Zhao Qiongying pondered for a moment and asked Charles Hunter back.

"A normal endorsement contract."

"1800 million every two years."

Charles Hunter replied simply.

When Chu Hang heard this number, he couldn't help but feel his heart beat faster.

Zhao Qiongying raised her eyebrows slightly. "Charles, as far as I know, your original global spokesperson Xue Wei's endorsement fee was 2400 million every two years. This difference is a bit big."

“The gap is indeed quite large.”

Charles Hunter said calmly, "But Qiongying, you have to know that when we signed Xue Wei, he was already a top star in Chinese entertainment, with strong appeal and influence, while Mr. Chu is not even a top star now."

"If we hadn't been friends for so many years, if Mr. Chu didn't have such unlimited potential and a promising future, I can honestly say that Mr. Chu wouldn't even be in our selection for a global spokesperson." Zhao Qiongying nodded slightly, her expression unchanged. "Charles, if we're just talking about popularity, popularity, traffic, and buzz, our Chu Hang is currently inferior to Xue Wei of his youth, or even slightly better. We simply lack a little experience."

"As for endorsement fees, we can accept that ours is lower than Xue Wei's, but not by much. How about you give us a slight increase, say 20 million every two years?"

"It sounds better this way, doesn't it?"

When it comes to bargaining, this is Chu Hang's weak point, so he never expressed any opinions from beginning to end and left it entirely to Zhao Qiongying to handle.

"Qiongying, Mr. Chu's current popularity, traffic, and buzz are largely due to this year's hit music variety show 'Singer Global Season' and the hit romance variety show 'Falling in Love 4'."

"Now that these two popular variety shows are nearing their end, will Mr. Chu be able to maintain his current popularity, traffic, and buzz?"

Charles Hunter spread his hands and shook his head slightly: "I think it should be difficult to continue?"

"Charles, perhaps you don't know this yet, but just this afternoon, the production team of the brand new music variety show "Love Song King" produced by Jiangsu and Zhejiang Satellite TV officially invited our Chu Hang."

"Our Chu Hang is capable, talented, and good-looking. He is a hot commodity for all major local satellite TV stations and variety shows. As long as we are willing, it will not be difficult for us to continue to maintain our current popularity, traffic, and topic level."

Invitation to "The King of Love Songs"?
Not to mention Charles Hunter, even Chu Hang himself was stunned after hearing this.

"I've heard of this music variety show. It seems to be a live broadcast as well."

Charles Hunter thought for a moment, then nodded gently: "In that case, then I will take a step back and let 20 million be 20 million."

When Zhao Qiongying heard the other party's reassurance, her smile suddenly brightened. At the same time, she picked up the goblet beside her and said, "Charles, I believe you will soon feel that the decision you made tonight was very wise."

Seeing this, Chu Hang also followed Zhao Qiongying and raised the goblet.

"hope so……"

Charles Hunter smiled slightly again and raised his glass to clink with Zhao Qiongying and Chu Hang in turn.

……

Forty minutes later.

Zhao Qiongying and Chu Hang stood at the entrance of Tianlin Pavilion, watching Charles Hunter leave in a Mercedes-Benz Maybach and gradually go away, then they looked away again.

"call……"

“It’s quite satisfactory.”

Zhao Qiongying let out a light breath, and her whole body seemed to have become noticeably more relaxed.

"Sister, I won't say anything."

"Just one word—"

"Cattle!"

Chu Hang gave Zhao Qiongying a thumbs up, his words full of sincere admiration.

Zhao Qiongying saw Chu Hang giving her a thumbs-up and smiled, shaking her head. "Hurry up and get in the car. Don't you know how popular you are right now?"

"Standing out on the street like this, aren't you afraid that fans will recognize you and surround you?"

Upon hearing this, Chu Hang subconsciously looked around, his expression a little guilty. He then didn't dare to say anything more and quickly stepped onto the business car that came to pick them up.

He didn't breathe a sigh of relief until the electric door slowly closed and the vehicle drove away from Tianlin Pavilion.

"garrulous……"

"Drink some water."

Zhao Qiongying handed Chu Hang an unopened bottle of mineral water, and she also opened a bottle of mineral water herself.

In less than two hours, the three of them drank two bottles of red wine. This amount was not too much, but not too little either.

Anyway, Chu Hang felt a little tipsy, but when he looked at Zhao Qiongying, he really couldn't tell that she was drunk at all. This reminded him of the scene that night when they had dinner with Donna and others.

That night, Zhao Qiongying got all the Inner Mongolian men including Uncle Chu Hang drunk, but she herself seemed to be fine. Her alcohol tolerance was simply terrifying.

Today, Chu Hang also roughly understands why Zhao Qiongying can thrive so well in the entertainment industry, a world of fame and fortune.

A beautiful woman with a lot of resources at her disposal, coupled with such a terrifying alcohol tolerance, would be completely invincible in the business field.

"Sister, when you told Charles tonight about my collaboration with Belin, weren't you a little over the top?"

After Chu Hang finished drinking the water, while they were still some distance away from checking into the hotel, he asked Zhao Qiongying about his doubts.

"Is it true that Beilin invited you to cooperate?"

"Is it also true that Director Cade invited Belin to compose the theme song for his new movie?"

"I was just trying to downplay the issue a bit."

"How can you say that?"

Zhao Qiongying raised her hand and let her hair fall down. She glanced at Chu Hang and said with a chuckle, "There's a saying in Silicon Valley, I wonder if you've heard of it."

"Pretend you can do it, until you actually can!"

"Do you know what this sentence means?"

Chu Hang nodded thoughtfully: "Pretend you are good until you really are good."

"That's right!"

"We're really not doing so well right now, so we need to pretend to be a tiger."

"Until one day, when we are truly capable, we ourselves will become the tiger skin. Then no one will care about the past, because in the business world, most people only look at the results."

After Zhao Qiongying let her hair down, she leaned back into the soft airline seat, looked at Chu Hang with a smile and said, "No matter how perfect your process is, as long as the result is a failure, then your project is a failure."

"so……"

"Try hard, young man!"

"Don't embarrass your sister in front of Charles~"

After Zhao Qiongying finished speaking, she patted Chu Hang's shoulder seriously to show encouragement.

"Sister, don't worry!"

"I won't let you down!"

Chu Hang grinned and asked, "Sister, what about the invitation from the 'Love Song King' production team that you mentioned at the dinner table? Was that just something you said casually?"

"Oh……"

"This is indeed true."

"The production team of 'Love Song King' did send an invitation to our company, and they invited not only you, but also Yuxi."

Zhao Qiongying didn't deny it. She explained, "I plan to let Yuxi try it out first because she's very good at love songs and this show is a perfect match for her. Also, Yuxi really needs a stage right now to increase her exposure."

"As for you, I plan to wait a little longer, because 'The Singer' and 'Falling in Love 4' are both coming to an end soon. After these two variety shows are over, you'll need some time to settle down and digest it."

"Besides that, the appearance fee the 'Love Song King' production team gave you is a bit low, only 110 million per episode, not even as high as what Nanhu TV offered you before the price increase."

Chu Hang nodded after hearing this: "110 million is indeed a bit low, and I can't even see any sincerity at all."

"So what I mean is just wait a little longer."

“As the saying goes, good food is never too late.”

Zhao Qiongying said: "Just like this time's 'Singer Global Season', although you joined halfway, you became the ultimate winner."

"clear."

"Then we'll wait and see what happens."

Chu Hang believes in Zhao Qiongying's professional judgment.

As the two were talking, the business car carrying them slowly stopped in front of the Zhonghai Peninsula Hotel. Then the two got out of the business car. Li Ru, who had helped them check in in advance, handed their room cards to them at the door.

After Chu Hang returned to his room, he took a comfortable hot bath. After that, he lay on the bed and played with his phone for a while, then lay down to rest early...

(End of this chapter)