Artists under the Rebirth of the Coal Boss

Chapter 183 Martial Arts Domination of East Asia! The Aura of a Heavenly King!!

Wang Feng has become the biggest victim of this wave of media frenzy in the Chinese entertainment industry!

Wang Feng's new album has generated absolutely no buzz!

Released in 2009, "Faith Flies in the Air" is a milestone album in Wang Feng's singing career, yet it still cannot escape the strange tales of the Chinese entertainment industry that are unique to Wang Feng!

The resources invested by Fenghua Qiushi Culture Media were decimated in the first round by the online alliance led by Lin Xingzhuo.

Apart from some buzz on related Baidu Tieba forums such as Rock Bar, Rockers Alliance Bar, Wang Feng Bar, and No. 43 Baojia Street Bar, there was absolutely no interest on other platforms!

The next time Wang Feng trends on social media will be when he confesses his love for Zhang Ziyi at a concert and publicly sings "I Love You So Much".

Every time Teacher Wang makes headlines, it's about his younger brother moving house!

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This YY Voice "Jialing Lights a Cigarette" live stream incident allowed Lin Xingzhuo's name to break through national borders and enter the international market for the first time.

The main reason for the surge in traffic was that "Border Queen" Ai Shangzhen and her assistant edited the video overnight and posted it on Twitter and South Korea's Cyworld.

In addition, Mina also posted content on her Japanese social media account Mixi the following day.

Mina Mii attended Kobayashi Sacred Heart Girls' Academy in Osaka, a school known as a "school for the wealthy" and renowned for cultivating elite women. Empress Masako of Japan and many women from the political and business worlds are among its graduates.

Mina Mina has been studying ballet since childhood. She was a key member of the ballet club at Kobayashi Sacred Heart Girls' Academy and even won the gold medal at the Japan Youth Ballet Grand Prix, gaining some popularity in the Osaka area.

Therefore, her Mixi also has some fans, which allowed Lin Xingzhuo to gain dozens of unofficial Japanese fans without her knowledge.

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In 2009, the international internet social networking platform was still in a fragmented state, with many powerful players emerging.

Twitter has become a global phenomenon due to its lightweight and open nature, with users increasing by 1380% year-on-year in 2009, but its profit model has not yet been successfully established.

Cyworld has established itself in the South Korean market, with over 1500 million users, representing one-third of South Korea's total population, thus achieving a monopoly in the South Korean market.

Mixi became Japan's largest social network, featuring a real-name community and diary functions. In 2009, it had 2000 million users, accounting for 35% of Japanese internet users.

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Which platform to choose for an overseas account is a question.

But children make choices; adults want it all!

Relying on the unlimited resources and support of Tiger Shadow Star Brilliance, Zhang Youqian registered official accounts for Lin Xingzhuo on Twitter, Mixi, and Cyworld in one go.

The company's artist management department also specifically recruited team assistants who are fluent in Japanese, Korean, and English and have basic knowledge of the Japanese and Korean entertainment industry to join Lin Xingzhuo's team and be responsible for account operation.

Zhang Youqian's actions allowed the fledgling Lin Xingzhuo to unleash his full potential in East Asia and on the international stage right from the start!

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On Wednesday, Lin Xingzhuo was in his Newell AS-type RV, on his newly assembled ASUS computer, playing World of Warcraft and playing the pet chicken "Little Chick" from the Sardinian Farm in the Western Wilds.

drop by drop...

A QQ pop-up window vibrated; Ai Shangzhen had sent a message.

Bad news...

Ai Shangzhen: "Xingzhuo, Mingjingnan still declined the company's international department's offer to sign a contract."

Lin Xingzhuo was stunned. He had chosen a hit song from the Japanese entertainment industry in 2012, and the promise he made was incredibly grand. How could it be rejected?!

Lin Xingzhuo sent a tragic emoji, then typed, "Is that song not good?"

Ai Shangzhen: "No, Xingzhuo, your song is absolutely a classic!"

Ai Shangzhen: "The main problem is that Mina's family doesn't agree. Given Mina's age, her guardian must agree to let her sign an artist contract."

Lin Xingzhuo: "So she's going to become a trainee at JYP?"

Ai Shangzhen: "How did you guess? She really is going to become a trainee at JYP. Her grandfather offered to buy the song. Xu Lu came to Seoul to handle the song's copyright procedures and declined the offer."

Lin Xingzhuo: "Okay, I'll send you a list of Japanese and Korean celebrities. Have Xu Lu extend her business trip in Korea. I remember she has a multiple-entry business visa to Japan."

Lin Xingzhuo: "The artists on this list can be candidates for the international department."

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Lotte World Hotel near Mnet TV station in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea.

Xu Zhixia, who was standing close to Ai Shangzhen, cheered with joy upon seeing Lin Xingzhuo's QQ reply!

Xu Zhixia suddenly hugged the tall Ai Shangzhen, the height difference causing Ai Shangzhen to bury her head in her arms. "Great! A government-funded trip to Japan and South Korea! Come with me, Ai!"

Ai Shangzhen said, "Oh? No, no, I still need to practice singing and prepare for the competition. As the first signed artist of Tiger Shadow Star International Department, I am far from enough! I need to work even harder!"

Xu Zhixia rubbed her head against the large, soft body and said, "Work-life balance is important!"

"We can talk about the Japan trip later! Let's go buy The Face Shop, VOV face masks, and the Red BB Cream first!!"

"No wonder Xingzhuo likes you so much, you're so old and so hardworking! Is it C? That doesn't seem right, could it be D?"

Ai Shangzhen blushed as Xu Zhixia teased her, and pushed her away forcefully, saying, "Spare me, Lawyer Xu, I promise you, we'll practice singing again when we get back tonight!"

Xu Zhixia stood up and said, "I'm going back to my room to change! GO! Lotte World Shopping Spree!!"

buzzing...

Ai Shangzhen's phone on the table vibrated again; it was An Junying calling...

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Yuezhou Province, Yongkang City, Fangyan Scenic Area, the filming location for the TV series "Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame".

The initial setback of the international department's attempt made Lin Xingzhuo light a soft Dahongying cigarette and fall into deep thought.

In his previous life, Lin Xingzhuo had never been to Japan or South Korea on business, but he had written a lot of research reports on Japan and South Korea for the leaders of the General Administration and the princes and princesses who went on business trips to Japan and South Korea.

The papers written by the ghostwriters have also been published in top-tier journals such as the "Journal of Beijing Film Academy" and "Contemporary Cinema," which are CSSCI, Peking University Core Journals, and AMI Core Journals, and whose impact factors consistently rank among the top film and television journals.

Therefore, Lin Xingzhuo put in a lot of effort to study relevant papers, documentaries, journal articles, and external websites.

TWICE, the "absolute queen" of fourth-generation girl groups, is an important research target that cannot be ignored when analyzing the Korean Wave industry since 2016!

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Actually, considering TWICE member Mina's current age and family background, the outcome is easy to predict.

Mina's father is a professor of orthopedics at Osaka University, and her grandfather was the vice president of Nippon Paint.

Although there are no people in the entertainment industry in the family, they are not lacking in connections and business partners in South Korea.

A little inquiry will tell you...

One is an obscure small-to-medium-sized artist management company in the Chinese entertainment industry, which recently established its international department in South Korea.

The other is JYP, one of the "Big Three" in the South Korean entertainment industry, which owns Wonder Girls, a representative of the second-generation girl group.

Even an idiot would know which one to choose!

This time, we were too hasty and underestimated our opponent; we were overconfident...

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At noon, Lin Xingzhu ate the McChicken Happy Meal and apple pie that Xiao Ma had brought back.

Zhang Youqian, holding a Dell laptop, found Lin Xingzhuo and said:
"Brother Zhuo, Weibo officially invites you to join Sina Weibo's Celebrity Micro-Program and complete your Weibo registration and verification."

"The company's marketing department also agreed."

"Actually, according to the planned rhythm, we were building up momentum layer by layer, intending to capitalize on this wave of traffic next year. Now that the hype has been ignited ahead of schedule, we can only adapt to the situation."

Lin Xingzhuo, munching on an apple pie, asked, "What is the Celebrity Micro-Plan? How is it different from registering directly?"

Zhang Youqian explained, "Sina Weibo will provide a detailed resource support package, including top placement on trending topics, joint promotion across multiple platforms, and simultaneous traffic generation through Sina News and Oasis APP, etc."

"The restriction is that we cannot cooperate with other microblogging platforms in the mainland market."

"I have already spoken with the operations managers of Tencent Weibo, NetEase Weibo, and Sohu Weibo."

"Sina provides the best traffic resources! Sohu Weibo, like their boss, is rather stingy!"

"NetEase can provide special support for music, but the interaction with World of Warcraft has not been finalized."

"Penguin Weibo just changed its design from Penguin Taotao to Weibo, so it's a bit chaotic. They initially said they could provide resources from QQ Music, but then the person in charge was transferred, and now we have to renegotiate..."

Lin Xingzhuo, munching on his McChicken burger, said, "Then let's go with Sina Weibo."

Zhang Youqian entered Lin Xingzhuo's identity information on the keyboard and asked, "Okay, what should our Weibo social media account names be? And should the names of those overseas accounts be consistent?"

Lin Xingzhuo didn't notice that Zhang Youqian's tone had a subtle emotional fluctuation when she asked this question...

(End of this chapter)