China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 265 Fortunately, I am Huayu, not Hanyu

Stayed in the hotel for one night, and early the next morning, Cao Xuan saw Zhou Jianhui who was having breakfast downstairs.

"Good guy, this is flying over overnight to block me."

Cao Xuan and Zhang Chong complained, and walked over: "Mr. Zhou, why are you here?"

"If you don't come again, I'm afraid you will run away."

Zhou Jianhui wiped his mouth with the tablecloth, looked at Cao Xuan seriously and said, "Stay here, Warner cannot live without you, and you also need Warner."

Cao Xuan was silent, and beckoned for a glass of milk: "Jiang Yue told you about Sony's conditions, and I can't be sentimental about the large group of people at home and outside."

"Conditions can be negotiated."

Zhou Jianhui didn't make any detours, and went straight to the point.

After Cao Xuan participated in the event in South Korea, the next stop is Japan, which is the headquarters of Sony. If Cao Xuan and Cao Xuan can't reach a tacit understanding before then, then this battle between Cao Xuan and Warner will really be a disaster.

That's why Zhou Jianhui came to South Korea overnight. Not only him, Adam, the president of the Asian region, is also coming to South Korea now, and even the US headquarters has specially sent high-level executives.

There is only one purpose, to keep Cao Xuan!

"The signing fee is 8000 million, and I'm still coordinating. I will add it to you as much as possible. Even if you can't get Sony's 1 million, other places will compensate you."

"The signing fee is just a small thing."

When Cao Xuan heard that Warner's price was comparable to Sony's, he directly skipped it calmly and brought up the key point.

"Sony promised to help me enter the Japanese market. Brother Zhou, this is the most important music market in Asia, and those European and American big names dare not underestimate it."

"No matter how big the Japanese market is, it is not as big as the United States and Europe. I have already talked with the head office and will do my best to help you enter the European and American markets, not only the music market, but also Hollywood."

Cao Xuan raised his eyebrows, and Zhou Jianhui was overjoyed when he saw his reaction. He had worked with Cao Xuan for a long time, and he knew that Cao Xuan preferred to be an actor rather than a musical dream.

Before this, he was very depressed, and always felt that Cao Xuan was wasting his musical talent, but now it has become a decisive trump card.

"The head office promises that after your album enters the European and American markets, you will get no less than Madonna and Linkin Park in various resources, and you can join the head office's production movies, you must know "The Matrix" and "Harry Potter" , we can all fight for it.”

Zhou Jianhui drew big cakes, and even compared Madonna, the pillar of Warner Records, with Linkin Park, which has been a mess in the past two years, and also threw out Warner's two major IP movies in Hollywood.

"Does Harry Potter have Asian characters?"

Cao Xuan is not stupid. Hearing these words is enough. Anyway, he may not be able to fulfill them. If he were Zhou Jianhui, he would dare to say that he would make an Asian version of Superman and Batman.

But there is one thing to say, Warner is indeed a big company in Hollywood, and so is the music field.

Movies aside, with Cao Xuan's current confidence, it's hard to say that he can use resources that are comparable to his shoulders, but it is very promising to have first-line resources.

The European and American music circles have strict barriers. Even if Cao Xuan has a lot of classic songs, he must have the support of big companies behind them.

Although Sony is not weak in the United States, it is still weaker than Warner. As for the Japanese market, Cao Xuan wants it, but it is not a necessity.

If the United States can become popular, as an Asian, it will be easy to counterattack the Japanese market.

So the Japanese market that Sony took out is an important weight in their eyes, but in Cao Xuan's view, it is just a tool for negotiation, a tool used to strive for better terms.

This tool is facing Warner, and at the same time other record companies with strength in the United States.

Anywhere is good for Warner, but perhaps out of stereotypes, Cao Xuan's entry into the European and American markets has always been mediocre, and he doesn't pay much attention to it.

Cao Xuan also intends to stimulate Warner through this contract renewal turmoil. Of course, Sony's conditions are also very generous. If Warner can't do it, then he will really quit.

But now that Warner has reacted and shown his sincerity, Cao Xuan is still willing to continue talking with Warner.

Zhou Jianhui was keenly aware that Cao Xuan's attitude had softened, which allowed him to further confirm Cao Xuan's purpose.

Enter Europe and America!

He has already reached the top of the Chinese music scene, and Asia is also considered the top ranks. Whoever can help him enter the European and American markets can bring this cash cow under his command.

Zhou Jianhui relaxed a bit, as long as he can confirm Cao Xuan's purpose, then it will be easy to talk about it, it's nothing more than how much concessions.

At the same time, Zhou Jianhui also reflected on himself.

In fact, we can't blame him. He is the vice president of Asia and the president of China, and his focus is mostly on Asia, ignoring Cao Xuan's desire for the outside market.

This negotiation made Zhou Jianhui realize that Cao Xuan's desire to go to Europe and the United States cannot be stopped. If he can't be stopped, he should go along.

Even if Cao Xuan hits a wall in Europe and the United States, it is still a selling point if it is a big deal to export to export.

After that, the two chatted for a while. Zhou Jianhui didn't talk about the specific details. This needs to be discussed slowly later.

But he understood Cao Xuan's thoughts, so he began to talk about how Cao Xuan entered Europe and the United States, further raising Warner's impression points.

"You talked about producing an English album and single before, how are you preparing now?"

"I plan to make an EP (mini-album) first, about three songs. The songs have already been written, and the pre-production has started one after another. After the busy Spring Festival Gala, it should be almost finished."

"Then I have to appreciate it."

Zhou Jianhui smiled on his face, but in his heart he secretly scolded himself for being sloppy. Cao Xuan's EP is almost ready, so it can be seen that he has made a lot of preparations in private, but he didn't realize it.

Fortunately, the relationship between the two parties is good, Cao Xuan intends to give a chance, and now there is still room for redemption.

If there were any quarrels before, I am afraid that Cao Xuan is ready to join hands with Sony at this time.

.........

Cao Xuan still had activities to follow, so he didn't stay long, and left by car after dinner.

It stands to reason that Zhou Jianhui should also accompany him, but now he is busy with meetings with Adam and the executives of the head office who came later, so he used an excuse to have something to do.

Cao Xuan didn't care what happened to Zhou Jianhui. Now that the initiative of the negotiation was in his hands, his mentality was not as stable as usual.

Yesterday, the JYP vice president Li Caiying showed Cao Xuan the itinerary in the car.

This time Cao Xuan spent about a week in South Korea, six days in Seoul, and one day in Busan.

There is no way, the economy of South Korea is mainly in Seoul, and foreign stars come to promote, and basically they are mainly in the big cities of Seoul and Busan.

The same is true for Japan behind Cao Xuan, almost all of which are within the scope of Tokyo, and there are almost no itineraries for other places.

In one week, Cao Xuan had five signings, one press conference, two commercial events and two variety shows

It's rare for Cao Xuan to go overseas for publicity. Whether it's the organizer, contact unit, or Warner, they all want to squeeze him out...

Like today, Cao Xuan held a signing event at Seoul National University during the day, and participated in the official press conference of his visit to Korea and the full release of his new album in Korea at night.

When I arrived at the gymnasium where the autograph session was held at Seoul University, there was already a queue of several kilometers long at the entrance. Cao Xuan roughly calculated that there were at least 1000 to 2000 people.

"Am I so popular in Korea?"

"That's right, Mr. Cao's songs are very popular among our domestic fans. In a ranking of Koreans' favorite foreign male singers on KBS (one of the three major TV stations in Korea), you ranked No. 2 among all singers." Good results."

"Who is No.1?"

"Michael Jackson."

"That's all right."

Cao Xuan ended the topic very self-aware, but he was still a little surprised by his popularity in Korea.

No matter what music charts or what is popular in Asia before, he didn't have any intuitive concept. When he came to Korea and saw so many fans, he really felt a bit like the king of Asia.

When the Lord arrived, the gymnasium began to release people, and many Korean fans entered the arena chanting slogans.

Cao Xuan is putting on makeup in the background, and I don't understand the rest, but Cao Xuan () can still understand it quite well.

In addition to Cao Xuan, there were also trainees and artists arranged by JYP in the background. Cao Xuan asked about it, and it was specially for him to warm up the scene.

As a courtesy, after putting on makeup, Cao Xuan went over to say hello, only to see the group of young Korean artists stand up and bow respectfully together.

"Senior Cao Xuan."

Good guy, Cao Xuan almost thought that he came to Japan, he was too crafty...

However, he quickly realized that this is Korean generational culture, which is the so-called seniority and inferiority based on seniority, age and status. The younger generation must respect the older generation, and the older generation can reprimand and instruct the younger generation, and the younger generation cannot resist.

This kind of respectful and orderly culture is also influenced by Confucian culture in essence.

Frankly speaking, this culture has merit, but Korea is a bit pathological.

It's okay to respect the old and love the young, but you can't just blindly emphasize the so-called seniority. Some elders are worthy of respect, and some elders should even be cast aside.

Excessive emphasis on seniority can easily form barriers to advancement and bullying. Cao Xuan has every reason to suspect that this is a deliberate means of imperial control.

But this has nothing to do with Cao Xuan, he is not in the Korean entertainment industry, and this model cannot be applied to him.

Cao Xuan is also thankful that he is a gangster in Huayu. If he was in Hanyu, he might not be able to get out by himself given his background, and his temper can't stand someone bossing him around every day.

"Thank you for your hard work, everyone."

"this is what we are supposed to do."

Cao Xuan expressed his gratitude to these Korean artists, and these artists responded respectfully, things were still busy, and after a brief chat, Cao Xuan stepped aside.

Before leaving, I also gave small gifts, such as crystal and silver bracelets or small medals, with many personal elements of Cao Xuan on them, such as star patterns, Cao character models, and silver medals with lyrics printed on them.

The price is not expensive, but it is exquisite and commemorative, and it can be regarded as a thought.

Every time Cao Xuan goes out for an event, he will specially prepare some of these bracelets, his autographed album and autographed photos, and present them as gifts at the right time.

As soon as the master left, the Korean artists finally became more active: "Senior Cao is really gentle, and he speaks very sincerely,"

"Wow, this gift is very beautiful, and it also has the shape of the word [Cao]. Ouba is so thoughtful."

"Senior Cao Xuan is so handsome, I fell in love with him."

"I heard that there will be a signing event after Oppa. I want to apply to follow the performance all the time, so that I can see him all the time."

"I want to apply too."

"Go ahead and dream, if it wasn't for the cooperation between our company and Senior Cao, and the fact that the company doesn't have many artists, it wouldn't be your turn to trainees.

You know, many teams that have already debuted outside are staring at Senior Cao’s signing event. I heard that SM, YG, and other companies are in contact with the president. This is an Asian superstar, and it’s just the qualifications. "

Among this group of people, some knowledgeable people opened their mouths and punctured the fantasies of a few people.

Foreign monks are good at chanting scriptures. This is not only common in China, but also in Korea.

Before, the news of Cao Xuan’s coming to Korea was widely reported by South Korean media, calling it a whirlwind of pop music blowing from China, exaggerating and praising Cao Xuan’s achievements.

By doing this, the Korean media is essentially elevating themselves. After all, the top Asian stars come to Korea, which also proves the status of South Korea.

At the same time, the Korean media campaign also expanded Cao Xuan's popularity and influence in Korea.

No. 1 in the Chinese music scene, album sales exceeding [-] million, and Asian superstar. Even Korean fans who don't know Cao Xuan will be confused and feel a sense of ignorance.

In the past two days, Cao Xuan's coming to Korea has become a popular event in Korea, and many entertainment companies have also heard the news, intending to let the company's artists establish contact with this Asian king.

This is not just a promotion for our artists, the most important thing is that it is likely to step into the Chinese market.

China's economy may not be particularly developed, but it cannot support a large population base. For Korean entertainment companies, China will be a huge blue ocean that is difficult to refuse.

"Let me tell you a secret. Senior Cao is not only a very famous artist, but also an outstanding businessman. He owns a well-known film and television company in China, and his wealth is several times that of our president."

After the insider finished speaking, the small dressing room was filled with a smell called "ambition"...

(End of this chapter)