China Entertainment 1997

“It smells so good!”

Cao Xuan smelled the clear soup noodles in front of him and sighed. Although he had only been abroad for a few days, he had already begun to miss Chinese food.

Korean food is not bad, but it is not very delicious. Compared with Korean food, Cao Xuan still prefers Chinese food.

"Thank you, Miss Li, for your hospitality."

"As it should be, providing the best quality service to our guests is the purpose of our hotel."

Li Fuzhen ignored the gazes of other people in the hotel restaurant and sat elegantly opposite Cao Xuan to have breakfast, chatting and laughing with him.

Yesterday, the two of them had a very interesting chat.

Li Fuzhen was born in a plutocratic family. He had good knowledge and quality. He held great power at a young age and had good execution skills and skills.

Cao Xuan has a golden finger. In this era before the rise of the Internet, he has extensive knowledge and sufficient theoretical reserves. In the past few years, he has been in business and art and has been tempered. He can be said to be an out-and-out high-quality human male.

The two chatted from music to business, and from business to international relations. After chatting about international relations, they talked about philosophy. The more they talked, the gentler Li Fuzhen looked at Cao Xuan.

Last night, Princess Sanxing stayed in Cao Xuan's room until almost early in the morning before leaving at Cao Xuan's suggestion.

As a result, this morning, Li Fuzhen came to have dinner with Cao Xuan in person, and even found a Chinese cook to cook a Chinese breakfast for Cao Xuan.

Cao Xuan was speechless as he looked at the cryptic glances thrown around the restaurant.

They are innocent, okay...at least they are innocent now, why did he look like a pretty boy kept by a rich woman?

In terms of actual net worth, Cao Xuan now has almost ten figures. Although it is far behind Samsung, compared to the eldest princess who has no shares, he is the rich one.

Cao Xuan had an event today and was about to leave after dinner, but Li Fuzhen didn't stop him.

It just means that I still haven't understood some issues last night, and I plan to go to Cao Xuan for advice tonight.

Cao Xuan looked at Li Fuzhen, who looked serious, with a hint of mischief and provocation in his dignified and calm eyes, and his heart swayed.

"Always waiting."

………

Cao Xuan's activities today are still mainly about autograph sessions, but when he interacted with fans today, he found that many people were comparing their hearts to him.

After asking, I found out that part of the live video of Cao Xuan's autograph signing at Seoul University yesterday was reported on Korean TV.

It turned out that he accidentally made a gesture of intersecting his index finger and thumb. This slightly playful and novel action was sought after and imitated by many fans after the news was broadcast, and even regarded it as Cao Xuan's exclusive action.

Even under the leadership of Cao Xuan and his fans, a craze for heart comparison gradually emerged in South Korea.

Especially the fans like Cao Xuan, who kept rubbing their fingers against Cao Xuan and expressed their love wildly without fear of getting calluses on their fingers.

Faced with the enthusiasm of fans, Cao Xuan risked being criticized and disgusted by book friends, but also responded with sincerity, and the effect was very good.

Make money, don’t be shabby...

Two book signings + press conferences have gradually made Cao Xuan more popular in Korea, and the sales of "Chinese Style" and "Four" have also begun to rise.

Based on the data from these two days alone, including the autograph sessions, the two albums have sold almost 30,000 copies. Warner and JYP estimate that Cao Xuan’s promotion can increase the total sales of the two albums by between 100,000 and 200,000 copies.

As a purely Chinese album, it is impossible to expect these two albums to sell as well as in China. If South Korea can reach 300,000 to 500,000, it is an extremely impressive result.

Cao Xuan came to Korea this time to promote the album. The main purpose was to spread his influence and consolidate his position in the Asian music scene.

On the one hand, he has a long-term success, and on the other hand, he allows others to see his popularity data in Asia, which facilitates business cooperation in other fields.

If nothing else, Cao Xuan traveled around Japan and South Korea and saw these enthusiastic Korean fans. His endorsement fee would have quadrupled when he returned home.

At the same time, Cao Xuan has demonstrated his influence in Asia and can also contact some Asian-wide brands, or brands that want to enter Asia.

To a certain extent, Cao Xuan's trip to Asia can be regarded as selling advertising space.

Come on, have you seen my popularity? Throw money at me...

After the book signing, Cao Xuan participated in a variety show, "21st Century Committee" of South Korea's MBC TV station (the three major TV stations in South Korea).

It can be understood as the Korean version of "Happy Camp", focusing on indoor entertainment and games. Of course, many details are different.

In fact, the language barrier makes it very inconvenient to participate in this kind of variety show. He can't catch the host's jokes, the communication between the two parties is delayed, and they are not very familiar with each other, so it is difficult to stand out.

Therefore, after Cao Xuan reluctantly participated in one episode, he proposed to Warner afterwards that he hoped to adjust the next variety show to a talk show.

At least in this kind of talk show, there is a translator, so you can have some interesting conversations without having to look awkwardly at the host's antics.

JYP also wants to persuade Cao Xuan that the next program arranged for him will have football elements, and several Korean team internationals will also participate. In the current situation where Japanese and Korean football is unprecedentedly intensive, it will be very beneficial to Cao Xuan.

Cao Xuan, who had already made up his mind, immediately became more determined after hearing these words.

Just kidding, if he doesn't give him a wrench to play with these Korean national players, he will suspect that the Koreans want to assassinate him...

But this time the variety show was not completely useless. He saw Lee Jung Hyun who was participating in another program on MBC TV station.

I can’t help but feel that South Korea is indeed not that big.

Last time, Cao Xuan sang her masterpiece "Wow" at a book signing event and brought a lot of exposure to Lee Jung Hyun. The Korean media spoke highly of this, saying that her song "conquered" the Asian king.

When we met this time, Li Zhenxian came over to say hello.

This girl is very wild in the typhoon, like a goddess dancing like a goddess, but she is quite gentle in private. Cao Xuan praised her a few times, but she was still shy.

However, Cao Xuan did not underestimate this shy girl at all.

The Queen of Hallyu is one of the most popular singers in South Korea at this stage. You can even remove that one. In the era when Japanese singers were very popular, she was one of the few singers who broke out of Korea and carried the banner of the first generation of Hallyu.

Hong Kong's most popular diva Sammi Cheng, many of her masterpieces are covers of Lee Jung-hyun's songs, which are very popular.

Therefore, Li Zhenxian is also jokingly called the woman who supports Sammi Cheng.

This girl later went to China to develop and filmed several TV series, but basically there was no splash. Later, she was banned in China because of the "bandit theory."

In fact, Cao Xuan personally feels that the bandit theory about Li Zhenxian is somewhat unfair.

This is fundamentally different from Jang Nara. Jang Nara completely uses China as an ATM machine, and she earns your money without being merciful. She scolds the cook when she is full and deserves to be banned.

Li Zhenxian said that on her way to perform, she encountered a "bandit" who was collecting protection money, so she sang and begged. The "bandit" heard her song and escaped.

Judging from reality, it was probably because villagers blocked the road and charged fees, and there was poor communication between the two parties. They then saw that it was a Korean celebrity and then let him go.

When Li Zhenxian said this, she also wanted to express her popularity as a singer, but she didn't have the brains to say something that was a bit out of line, so she was punished.

It's a bit of an injustice, but it can be regarded as self-inflicted. Of course, you have to accept the consequences of whatever consequences you have.

At this stage, Li Zhenxian has actually begun to prepare for development in China. It is said that he is negotiating projects. Now that he met Cao Xuan, a big shot in the Chinese entertainment industry, his agent took the initiative to treat Cao Xuan to dinner.

Cao Xuan didn't want to pay attention at first. He didn't have any projects to cooperate with Li Zhenxian, but he was relieved when he heard that a senior executive from MBC TV station was also going.

Fanxing has a lot of movies and TV series that it intends to sell overseas. Boss Wu from Taiwan is pretty good in Southeast Asia, but not so good in Japan and South Korea.

If we can reach cooperation with the three major TV stations in South Korea, it will be of great benefit to Fanxing.

To resist the Hallyu Wave, we can't just focus on passive defense, we must also attack when we need to. Korean dramas have the advantage of Korean dramas, and there are also many domestic dramas with excellent products.

Let’s see if the Korean entertainment industry needs the Chinese market, or the Chinese entertainment industry needs the Korean market...

Don't underestimate the influence of a front-line film and television company owner and an international star. With Cao Xuan's connections, he can gather a group of allies. Whoever resists the temptation to introduce Korean dramas will be given a label.

Unless Korean dramas can tie up all domestic TV stations.

Cao Xuan wants a fair competition opportunity. Korean film and television cannot come in casually, and our works will not be allowed to do this or that.

To put it bluntly, Hallyu can win not only because of quality issues, but the most important thing is that the Korean official endorses it.

Who can play this game when a country pulls the strings from behind?

Now that Cao Xuan is here, I dare not say anything more. Anyway, it will not make South Korea so comfortable.

Everyone competes fairly, and if he loses, he will admit it. If someone dares to go astray, he will go to the higher-ups to reason.

Of course, having said that, Cao Xuan would not be so troubled easily.

After all, this is not just about the entertainment industry, there are often larger considerations above.

But Cao Xuan felt that some standards could still be flexible, so he worked hard for it. If he was too talkative and easily bullied, he could come out and be the "evil person".

………

The meeting that night was quite pleasant, mainly Cao Xuan chatting with the MBC executive, and Li Zhenxian and another beautiful TV host eating with them.

The two parties also left their contact information, and Cao Xuan planned to find someone to do public relations afterwards, and then see if he could sell the drama through him.

During this period, Cao Xuan noticed that someone was taking photos secretly, but he didn't care. He was eating normally, and there were men and women, so he just took pictures.

But after dinner, when he returned to the hotel room, he saw the Samsung Princess sitting on the sofa holding a laptop.

Is this all so aboveboard?

Cao Xuan felt a little sympathetic to the eldest princess's bodyguard husband. Li Fuzhen raised his head when he heard the noise and asked in a calm tone.

"Were you having dinner with Li Zhenxian just now?"

"how do you know?"

"There is already news online."

Li Fuzhen turned around the computer, and Cao Xuan looked over. The text was in Korean and he couldn't understand it, but there were photos of him and Li Zhenxian having dinner.

It seemed that the angle was specially chosen. Although there were many people eating, the two people stood out, talking and laughing.

"What the news says."

"What else can I say? The King of Asia and the Queen of South Korea are close together, chatting happily, and are very ambiguous."

"Why does it smell sour to me?"

Cao Xuan looked at Li Fuzhen, who seemed a little unhappy, and even called you you, and suddenly felt a little dizzy.

The two met three times in total and spent less than five hours together. It was not your turn to be jealous.

In fact, what he didn't know was that the eldest princess was not jealous, but unhappy.

The two had obviously made an appointment in advance, but Cao Xuan went to have dinner with another woman, which made Li Fuzhen feel that his charm had been insulted.

Women are very competitive, and they never know when they will start secretly competing with each other.

Princess Sanxing, who was still a little reserved at first, suddenly turned sideways and approached Cao Xuan. Her eyes were a bit charming, and the warm breath from her mouth blew on Cao Xuan's face. With her dignified and elegant jade face, Especially attractive.

"You like Lee Jung-hyun's songs very much?"

"It's okay. The main thing is that I think her dancing is quite interesting, and she has a good appearance and figure, which suits my aesthetic."

"Then I don't match your taste."

"The looks match, but I didn't look closely at the figure."

"Then... let's see now?"

"...Well, it's not impossible."

An hour later, Cao Xuan hugged Li Fuzhen, who was contented and fell asleep, his face full of regret and regret.

After all, I became a thief...

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