Chapter 291 Director Xu's Private Girl Group
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After hanging up the phone with Zhu Yawen, Xu Kun met Han Geng's burning gaze.
Obviously, this guy was tempted when he heard that I wanted to buy the script.
However, Xu Kun ignored him and prepared to call Lao Jia and ask him to send someone to contact the crew of "The Faraway Savior".
Unexpectedly, before he made the call, Huang Bin received another long distance call. It turned out that BJ Mercedes-Benz heard that he was in Korea and was worried that he would miss the commercial shoot.
"Tell Mercedes-Benz that I'm gathering people for the film crew to shoot digital movies for the movie channel. We guarantee that they will be of movie-level quality."
When the call was hung up again, Han Geng's eyes were about to spit fire. He couldn't help but ask abruptly: "Director Xu, you want to shoot a commercial for Mercedes-Benz? And you want to cooperate with the movie channel to make a movie?!"
"Isn't this urging me?"
Xu Kun pretended to be helpless and said, "We argued about the advertising slogan for half a month before. This is called a big customer bullying a store. When I was the spokesperson for Lao Baigan before, there weren't so many problems."
Lee Soo Man was also listening nearby and didn't quite understand what was said. When he saw Han Geng joining in the conversation, he hurriedly asked Han Geng to translate.
When he heard that Xu Kun was shooting an advertisement for Mercedes-Benz and was going to cooperate with CCTV's film channel to make a movie, his attitude became even more enthusiastic.
SM was able to rebound from the lows in the past two years, not only due to the popularity of TVXQ, but also due to its harmonious relationship with the three major TV stations in South Korea.
He had previously heard that Xu Kun had a close relationship with Beijing TV Station. Now he heard that Xu Kun was going to cooperate with CCTV and endorse a high-end luxury brand. Naturally, he had a higher opinion of his strength.
SM's headquarters, located in Gangnam District, Seoul, is a slender glass curtain wall building that looks quite new on the outside.
As he entered the building, Lee Soo-man's aura seemed to change significantly. Everyone he met, regardless of gender, age or status, hurriedly bent down and bowed to greet him.
Xu Kun followed him all the way to the second floor underground and heard music coming from every room.
Lee Soo Man walked without stopping until he came to the largest practice room and pushed the door open and walked in.
I saw a dozen young girls dancing to the beat of the music. Most of them in the back were wearing cropped pants or shorts, but the four girls in the front row were wearing mini skirts.
Moreover, these four girls are all about 1 meters tall. Their eight long snow-white legs dazzle people under the lights. They are even more bewitching than the spider spirit in Journey to the West.
However, when they saw Lee Soo Man, everyone paused and bowed to him as the "President".
Lee Soo Man was somewhat dissatisfied and yelled something. One of the girls in the miniskirt immediately changed the song. Accompanied by drum beats and fresh Japanese music, the girls began to sing and dance again.
Because the action this time was a little less hot, Xu Kun also moved his eyes away from the eight long legs and turned to Lee Soo Man and said, "President Lee, is this the girl group you were talking about?"
Li Xiumang spoke with a smile on his face.
Han Geng translated, "The four seniors in the front row are the group 'Chosun Ji Hee' that President Li mentioned to you earlier. They went to China to promote their music for half a year. The reference results that President Li mentioned are also being used on them.
They are the strongest among the girl groups of their generation, but for some reason they have not been very popular, so President Li also hopes that you, the marketing master, can take a look at their performance and give some guidance. "
This stick is really beautiful.
Xu Kun curled his lips secretly, but this thigh dance was indeed better than the ones in China, and the postures and movements were much more open than those in China.
He stood at the door and watched for a while, and actually found a flaw. He turned to Han Geng and said, "Is this a specially made Japanese version, or a cover?"
Han Geng said hurriedly: "Of course it was specially made. This is the third Japanese single released by our predecessors. It is obviously of high quality. Unfortunately..."
"Don't feel sorry for now."
Xu Kun interrupted Han Geng and asked, "How many Chinese singles has their group released? How many Chinese singles has your company released?"
"This one……"
Han Geng hesitated and said, "Several songs of Kangta-senpai have Chinese versions."
"The so-called Chinese version means to make a Korean version first and then cover it in Chinese, right?"
Han Geng stopped talking.
Seeing this, Lee Soo Man hurriedly asked him what Xu Kun said.
After Han Geng finished translating, Lee Soo Man immediately spoke in Chinese anxiously: "No, no, we also value Chinese fans, but Chinese is too difficult, and..."
And then it turned into gibberish Korean. Han Geng quickly translated: "What the president meant was that he had also asked professional Chinese musicians to help produce Chinese songs, but in the end, without exception, they failed to make waves. On the contrary, some Korean songs received good feedback in China because of their melodies."
Xu Kun was not particularly satisfied with this answer, but he also knew that it was indeed the truth.
When SM launches idols to engage in fan economy, it is definitely targeting the young people's market, and young people usually pay more attention to rhythm and melody, and it doesn't matter whether they can understand it or not.
There are even many people who think that listening to foreign songs is more advanced and more stylish than listening to Chinese songs.
He said that he wanted Xu Kun to give his opinion, but after the dance ended, Lee Soo Man did not ask for Xu Kun's opinion. Instead, he left a few words and invited Xu Kun to the reception room upstairs.
As soon as they left, the girls, who had dared not even breathe, suddenly came back to life.
"Ahem~"
Lin Yuna, who was dancing in the back row, sat down on the ground and pounded her leg, saying, "I was startled just now and almost got a cramp."
Quan Yuri took a few towels and threw one to Lin Yuner, and asked curiously, "Who was that person just now? Even the president seemed to be very respectful to him. Could he be the heir of a chaebol?"
"Is there something wrong with your ears?"
Cui Xiuying said at the side: "He just spoke in Chinese, so he must be Han Gengxi's Chinese fellow countryman."
"what?!"
At this moment, Jin Xiaoyuan suddenly screamed: "It's Meng Hao, it's Meng Hao!"
Seeing that her companions hadn’t reacted yet, she gestured an arc above her head: “It’s the TV series with the chaebol head!”
"He's the male lead in 'The Tycoon Falls in Love with Me'!" Choi Soo-young also reacted and exclaimed, "I was really into that TV series, but he changed his hairstyle today, so I didn't recognize him at first!"
"Me too, me too!"
Lin Yuner also nodded vigorously: "Because everyone was talking about the chaebol hairstyle a while ago, I thought he would always keep that hairstyle!"
Park So-yeon also joined the discussion: "But he seems to be even more domineering than in the TV series. Just now, even the president..."
"Shh!"
As they were chattering, the petite Kim Taeyeon suddenly made a gesture to silence them, and then signaled them to pay attention to the situation of their seniors.
The girls who were dancing with the students then realized that while they were discussing, the four seniors of Cheon Sang Ji Hee were putting on makeup with different expressions, and Li Zhiyan even sprayed perfume on herself.
Seeing this scene, several dancing girls suddenly fell silent.
The one among them who has practiced the least has been practicing for more than one year, so she is naturally familiar with some things in this circle.
But isn't this too fast and too cruel? !
You have to know that when 'Chronicles of the Phoenix' debuted a year ago, they were advertised as the girl group version of 'TVXQ'. Both their dancing and singing skills were among the best in SM Entertainment and even in the industry.
As a result, after only one year of not being popular, I have to go...
This made all the trainees feel sad for themselves, and some of those who were not strong enough even secretly backed out.
"Is it that serious? Didn't that person just become famous for a TV series?"
At this moment, someone muttered something in a low voice, but it seemed particularly clear in the dead silence.
Li Zhiyan tightened her grip on the perfume. She didn't want to show her ugly side in front of her juniors, but this was also one of the company's methods of training trainees.
Chun Shang Zhixi, who has debuted for a year but has not made any progress, can only silently become a tool to tame others.
But even so, Li Zhiyan does not want to be looked down upon by her juniors.
So he looked around the audience coldly and said, "Who told you that he was just popular because of a TV series? In fact, he is the most famous director of the younger generation in China. The number of viewers of his first film reached more than 800 million!
He is very close to the TV station in the Chinese capital and is even called the biological son of BJTV - which has a greater influence than Seoul TV!
He had just signed a contract with China's largest film and television company, and immediately came to South Korea as a senior executive of the company, together with the art director, to discuss business cooperation!
He even has a private girl group, every member of which is a professional actress. A woman like Lin Yuxin [Liu Shishi] can only rank tenth!"
(End of this chapter)
