The rise of Korean entertainment.

Chapter 3447 Asking for advice

Xu Xian combined her own thoughts with the suggestions she overheard from fans, and she actually found a suitable gift.

To be precise, this idea was inspired by fans. At least in their opinion, this gift is really valuable.

But for Xu Xian, she actually hesitated for a while, but considering factors such as price and time, she had no choice but to make the final decision.

You can't blame Xu Xian for thinking too much. The gift was really too special. She wanted to give autographs as gifts to those women.

This may be ambiguous. To be precise, Seohyun wants to buy the fans' past autographed items and then give them to themselves as gifts.

Just talking about the idea itself, Xu Xian was amazed by it, and of course she also had the urge to laugh.

Although it’s not quite appropriate to say this, the so-called signatures of artists actually have no value in themselves, at least that’s what Xu Xian thinks.

Every time they return, they have to sign continuously for an unknown period of time, and it is normal for their hands to cramp.

In that situation, don't even think about getting them to invest much emotion. Even the signatures have been simplified to the extreme. If there is no enthusiastic person to point them out, it would be a miracle if they can recognize them.

Correspondingly, being able to get them to sign in person at least has a certain memory value for the fans themselves, but once it is handed over to someone else, it seems to become a pile of "garbage" again.

  But this is just Xu Xian's personal perspective. She can more or less understand the fans' mentality. After all, since she can't interact with them all the time, it seems not bad to have an autograph as a consolation, right?

Once there is a demand, this thing has its own value, and Xu Xian only had a vague understanding and guess about this in the past.

What really made her familiar with this market was when Li Menglong started "reselling" their signatures. It was the first time they knew how much outrageous prices their signatures could fetch.

However, as Li Menglong's shipments increased, the price of their signatures has stabilized at a relatively stable level. I heard that the company would occasionally open a small account to purchase in order to maintain the price.

In short, this market is relatively mature. Xu Xian can even make certain choices among a bunch of signatures with clear prices. This is very interesting.

Of course the first thing Xu Xian did was to search for her own signature. This is an artist's instinct, and she doesn't want to be at the bottom in this regard.

  In fact, Xu Xian does have a certain degree of confidence. Although she has always been reluctant to say so, objectively speaking, she is indeed one of the most popular girls. In many cases, the word "one of" can even be removed!

However, Xu Xian didn't dare to express it this way. She didn't dare to gamble on the mentality of those women. What if they were jealous to the point of wanting to kill someone?

  But the cold result gave Xu Xian a heavy blow. She almost stuffed her entire head into the screen. She must be dazzled, otherwise why was the price of her autograph so "low"?

Of course, this low price is only compared to the other girls. Xu Xian doesn't understand. Does this kind of market behavior also have to be based on seniority?

  Just because she is the youngest, she has to be ranked last for the price of autographs?

Fortunately, Xu Xian quickly denied this unreliable speculation, and instead learned the truth behind it with the help of enthusiastic fans.

  There is not so much conspiracy in the process. To put it simply, it is because the sales volume of Xu Xian's autographs is too large, and the price will naturally be reduced when there are more things. Isn't this a very reasonable distribution?

As for why Seohyun had the most autograph sessions, fans were hesitant and couldn't give a specific reason, but Seohyun knew it clearly.

  As a party involved, she knows the inside story clearly!

Why does she have so many signatures? It’s because she is easy to talk to!

The other girls would more or less put up some obstacles when faced with Li Menglong's request for an autograph, but Xu Xian was the only one who regarded it as part of her job and signed very happily.

  Now it seems that she really trusted Li Menglong wrongly. It’s okay for him to resell autographs, but can’t he control the shipment volume?

In fact, this is the result of Li Menglong's control. He is really trying to control himself.

After all, this kind of thing makes money too quickly and too violently!

  You can just pick up some random paper, and with just a few words, have the girls sign their names on it. Then, you can sell it at a price that is tens or millions of times higher than the actual cost. This is simply printing money!

Of course, the cost taken into account here is only the actual value of the paper, while ignoring the girls themselves.

But it has to be said that at least for Li Menglong, there is really no cost consideration in asking the girls to help.

This kind of market itself is relatively niche, and Li Menglong can be said to have almost monopolized the only shipping channel. In this case, if he just relaxes his control, it will be enough to completely destroy the entire market.

But in that case, it won't be him who will be criticized in the end. It's the most common thing that the staff get into trouble and the artist takes the blame.

In order not to affect the girls' image, and of course he also had to consider his remaining conscience, Li Menglong controlled his greed very well.

  Otherwise, the price Xu Xian sees now might have one or two zeros less!

Xu Xian didn't dwell on this issue for too long. She trusted Li Menglong quite a bit and could ask him directly in private if she had any questions.

What she is hesitating about now is the purchasing method, or to be more precise, the purchasing channel.

Since you know the source of these signatures, why don’t you go directly to Li Menglong to buy them? Instead of letting the second-hand dealers make the difference here?

However, considering that Li Menglong was the one who paid the money, and the people who made the money seemed to be their fans, Xu Xian reluctantly placed the order.

Naturally, there would be no reliable logistics system for this kind of transaction. Money and goods are exchanged offline. As for the transaction location, it seems that fried chicken restaurants are actually a popular place.

This is understandable. After all, there is a company upstairs, so it can be considered a semi-official venue. If a dispute occurs, you can go upstairs and find staff to help identify the authenticity.

And once you meet the girls in the process and get some of their autographs, that's considered a profit, a double profit.

Although Xu Xian herself had some objections to the transaction location, she still chose it, mainly for safety reasons.

Once that fan discovers her existence, it is hard to say what she will think.

Under normal circumstances, Xu Xian might not be so scared. Although she is very beautiful, she is not so beautiful that people would ignore the law.

But money is different. It is not an empty talk that money can move people. What if the other party kidnapped Xu Xian and kept forcing her to sign? What should she do?

It is no exaggeration to say that this is not just the kidnapping of an artist, it is clearly the kidnapping of a human money printing machine!

Considering that she didn't want the other party to make a mistake, Xu Xian felt that the fried chicken shop was a good choice. She didn't believe that the boss lady and her gang would just sit there and watch her being abducted.

In order to avoid embarrassment and accidents, Xu Xian did not even show up, and asked the staff on the first floor to help her with the transaction. The process was also very smooth, mainly because Xu Xian did not have any intention of lowering the price.

  Firstly, the money belonged to Li Menglong, so there was no need for her to save for him; secondly, they were buying their own autographs after all, so if she lowered the price, wouldn’t she be making things difficult for herself?

In short, Xu Xian successfully got the purchased signatures. Looking at the slightly unfamiliar signatures in her hand, she once wondered if they might be fake?

After all, this kind of signature is too simple, and it is almost not difficult to imitate. As for the consequences of forgery, it seems that I have never heard of any artists daring to sue their fans.

No matter how excessive these so-called "fans" may be, as long as they bear the name of fans, it is enough to make the artists timid.

Of course, there are still very few fans like this. Although these people are extremely disgusting, we still have to consider the feelings of the vast majority of fans.

However, Xu Xian's current position is relatively stable. If she is determined to eliminate a few parasites for her fans, it seems that she can also bear the corresponding consequences.

But there is a big prerequisite for doing this, that is, the autograph sold by the fan does have problems, so does it need to be taken for identification?

  This touches upon Xu Xian's blind spots in knowledge. How do you authenticate the authenticity of an artist's signature?

Normally, the first reaction of ordinary people is to find the artist himself. As one of the parties involved, their answer should be the most authoritative.

But Xu Xian was the person involved. Looking at the signature in her hand, she didn't remember signing anything at all. As for identifying the details, that was even more difficult for her.

  Most of the other girls were probably in the same situation, and Xu Xian had no intention of disturbing them, otherwise the surprise would be ruined.

Since the artist himself is not qualified, the artist’s company should have a way to confirm the authenticity. After all, this involves the company’s interests.

If the counterfeiter can make the fake look real, then he is stealing money from the company. In this case, there should be some additional methods, right?

With this simple idea in mind, Xu Xian went upstairs to look around, but the result surprised her greatly. No one could give an accurate judgment.

As for Xu Xian's question, someone told her the truth in private. In theory, the company does not need to judge whether it is true or false, it only needs to confirm the other party's behavior and position.

Not to mention small-scale fraud, the company does not have enough energy to deal with it.

Once it grows to a certain scale, there will be competition with the company. Does the company still need any evidence at this time?

You have to know that the company is the official one and has absolute authority in this matter. If you say that what the other party has is fake, then it cannot be true!

It is very easy to make the other party pay for the consequences, and there is no need to devote special attention to it.

However, the other party also implicitly reminded Xu Xian that the impact of this incident on the company level was pitifully small, but for a specific person, it would be a fight to the death.

As for who this person is, the image of Li Menglong flashed through Xu Xian's mind.

That does make sense. The company is so big that some minor details can be completely ignored.

  But when it comes to Li Menglong, these are almost the only two sources of cash flow for his small treasury. How could he not pay attention to it?

As for his other ways of making money besides selling autographs, it is naturally by cheating young girls on a daily basis.

In order to confirm her idea, Xu Xian took the initiative to come over. Of course, it is not impossible to say that she returned to work early.

Li Menglong was very calm about Xu Xian's appearance, as if he had foreseen this scene: "How is it? Have you chosen the gift? Do you have any money left? Don't think of secretly intercepting it!"

  It was as if he was confessing something by himself. Did he do similar things a lot in his daily life, so he had similar suspicions now?

How could Xu Xian possibly covet his little money? This is simply an insult to her!

However, Xu Xian still sat down patiently. She did not answer Li Menglong's question, but instead slapped her own signature on Li Menglong's desk.

Xu Xian had no intention of speaking. She just wanted to test Li Menglong's observation skills and see what answer he could give.

As a result, Li Menglong's performance surprised her, which was far beyond her expectations.

Li Menglong did think at first that this was the name Xu Xian had just signed, but when he picked it up and played with it for a while, he immediately asked a new question: "Where did you get it? I have sent this card for at least half a year, you shouldn't still have it in your hands!"

As expected, professional matters should be done by professionals. Look at Li Menglong’s question. There is no need to tell whether it is true or false, he can even give the time of issuance.

Xu Xian took the initiative to ask Li Menglong about this issue, and it really touched his sore spot.

He always believed that this business could be expanded and become stronger, but neither the company nor the girls cared about it.

It turns out that Xu Xian has a good vision. She finally discovered the business opportunity here?

Li Menglong had no intention of keeping anything to himself and generously shared the experience he had accumulated over the years with Xu Xian.

Xu Xian was really shocked by the intricacies involved. From the material to the signature style, and even some details she had never heard of, all could be reflected in the price.

Li Menglong even thought that destroying some cards would increase the value of the remaining cards.

If Li Menglong's proposal is fully followed, these cards should be as formal as possible, with a series of rules set to determine their value, including a complete series of issuance, authentication and even recycling institutions.

Once it can take shape, this will be a promising sunrise industry. Xu Xian subconsciously wants to get involved.

But she was still somewhat rational, and even saw the biggest problem: "Isn't this just cutting the leeks of fans?"

Although Li Menglong could give a lot of reasons, none of them could cover up the problem of his ugly eating habits.

The reputation of an artist is the basis for them to make money, which is completely different from other industries, so Li Menglong should stop dreaming and continue to engage in his gray industry secretly...