my artist neighbor

Chapter 358 356.SM's Ambition

The purpose of Director Jin's call is very simple, just to share with Liu Xin'an the good results of Red velvet's comeback in terms of pre-sales.

In today's digital age, buying physical albums is something only fans do.

Therefore, the sales of albums today are actually much less in terms of gold content than they used to be.

But the company still takes them seriously, and they'll be a testament to Red velvet's popularity.

Pei Zhuxuan and the others analyzed that the results of this pre-sale were mostly due to the previous variety show in China and the recent [An Pei's Law], and SM's investigation on this aspect is more intuitive.

In the past, Pei Zhuxuan had many personal fans, but it is far less exaggerated than this time.

Since Liu Xin'an and Liu Xin'an started secretly speculating on cp and guiding public opinion, her popularity, which was somewhat faulty, once again showed a terrifying upward trend.

After experiencing such a big storm of public opinion last year, Pei Zhuxuan was able to produce such a result, which somewhat exceeded the expectations of the senior management.

Similarly, Pei Zhuxuan's performance this time also further reflects how terrifying the mainland market is.

Then, the weight of the word "Liu Xin'an" in SM has also risen with the tide.

But SM is a businessman after all, they are often very crazy in front of their interests.

".Personal variety show and personal solo?"

Hearing what Chief Jin said, Liu Xin'an froze.

"Yes, the company is currently considering this project."

Liu Xin'an frowned, and kept thinking in his heart why Mr. Jin said this to himself. After a short period of contemplation, he asked in a doubtful tone: "Of course I respect Zhuxuan himself. Thoughts, please discuss this kind of matter with Mr. Kim and Joohyun."

Although Director Jin is sharing this project with Liu Xinan on the surface, but in fact Director Jin is actually referring to Liu Xinan's opinion.

Showing favor to Liu Xin'an doesn't necessarily mean giving Liu Xin'an any gift, it's actually the same when doing it with Pei Zhuxuan.

"This time we are going to let Erin release the Chinese version of the solo at the same time. If there is an opportunity then, I hope we can continue to cooperate."

After listening to this passage, Liu Xin'an slightly raised his eyebrows.

It is unrealistic to come to China to develop in a serious way, but there are always some ways to brush the edges.

For example, release a Chinese version of the album.

I didn't do this before, just because there was no exact data support, and the company didn't want to do some thankless things.

But now, the loss in the pre-sale can already explain a lot of problems.

"...Aren't you too anxious, Joohyun and the others' comeback has just begun."

"Hahahaha, it's just that there is a plan at the moment. It's not that you are thinking of Mr. Liu Xin'an, you are from Huaxia. Your reference will definitely help us prepare."

"You are too serious, let's talk about it after this comeback."

"Okay, then I won't bother you."

At the end of the call, Liu Xin'an, who put down his phone, frowned tightly, and Li Chenglu, who was looking at him curiously, also came over.

"what's the situation?"

"You should have added a lot of fans of Joohyun or Red velvet, right?"

"Well, that's right, what's wrong."

"Director Jin called me just now and said that the pre-sales of Joohyun and the others' albums have exploded this time. The pre-sales alone have already exceeded 10 in China, don't you know?"

"Oh? It's all [-]?"

It is not a secret that fans spontaneously spend money to buy sales and charts for their favorite artists. Almost all fans in the star chasing circle, regardless of whether they are domestic or foreign, have done this.

Artists are often used for comparison, and compared to those illusory fan numbers, serious album sales are the measure of an artist's performance.

"Is this a good grade?"

"Of course, this is only a pre-sale. There are many fan sites in China who buy it after it's released. It's not surprising that it doubled or tripled at that time."

".So SM is eyeing this opportunity. They want to take advantage of this opportunity. After Joohyun and the others come back this time, they will prepare for Joohyun's personal work, such as solo."

Li Chenglu's eyes widened. Perhaps this news is the best news for fans, but
"So anxious?"

"Well, the Chinese version of the album will also be released simultaneously."

"It's really ugly. I mean to call you. I guess I want to ask your opinion?"

"I guess that's what it means."

Li Chenglu frowned, thought for a while and found that she didn't understand the twists and turns inside, and waved her hand irritably: "Call uncle for a consultation, this is beyond the scope of our knowledge."

Because they are not insiders, they are definitely not as professional in weighing the pros and cons, but for things like leeks, you have to wait for the leeks to mature, right?

"No, for Joohyun right now, too many activities are not good for her, let's wait until this comeback is over."

Liu Xin'an said softly, then put away his phone and walked towards his live broadcast room: "I'm going to start the broadcast."

"Oh..." Li Chenglu looked at Liu Xin'an's back, with relief in his eyes.

This guy has really grown up a lot.

She is really gratified to be a sister!
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According to Pei Zhuxuan, Liu Xin'an and Li Chenglu set off from home at 05:30 in the afternoon and drove to SM's office building.

Because he has been here many times, Liu Xin'an went upstairs with his employee card, and Li Chenglu followed behind him, looking at the office building curiously.

"Haven't you been here before?"

Li Chenglu spread her hands: "The last time I came here was work and work, but this time I was a tourist and a tourist. The mood is different."

Liu Xin'an was not curious about the difference between these two points, so he didn't answer Li Chenglu, but just took Li Chenglu upstairs by elevator, and then came to the door of Red velvet's practice room.

Although the door of the practice room was closed, some music could still be heard vaguely.

He knocked lightly on the door, and soon, the music in the room stopped abruptly. After a while, the door of the practice room opened, and a beautiful girl with black hair poked her head out. After seeing Liu Xin'an's face clearly, Show an excited smile.

"Brother-in-law is here!"

The only one who can freeze Liu Xin'an's words with such an energetic voice is the youngest Kim Ye Rin in Red velvet.

This brother-in-law stunned Liu Xin'an to the point of embarrassment.

"Uh Yilin, isn't that a bit early for this name?"

"It's not too early, I think it's pretty good, oh! And Sister Cheng Lu, long time no see, Sister Cheng Lu!"

Just kidding, now that their Red velvet can achieve the current results, they are inextricably linked to this awkward man in front of them. For this, Jin Yelin and others can't wait to pack Pei Zhuxuan and send it to Liu Xin'an.

"Long time no see, Yilin! This comeback look really suits you!"

"Hehehe, do you have any?" Jin Yilin smiled happily, then let a few people in sideways, and at the same time turned her head and shouted to the sisters sitting and chatting in the corner of the practice room: "Brother-in-law and Cheng Lu are here! "

Should it be said that it is Kim Yerin?It was easy to use one sentence to make Pei Zhuxuan blush.

It's not that easy for Liu Xin'an to do this kind of thing!

"Ah! Jin Yelin!"

The thin-skinned Ms. Pei was furious, and she stood up with all hands and feet, as if she was going to rush towards Jin Yilin.

And the latter hid behind Liu Xin'an with quick eyesight and quick hands.

"Ah! Brother-in-law, save me!"

"." Liu Xin'an stretched out his hands to grab his girlfriend's arms with a speechless expression, which really prevented Pei Zhuxuan from teaching his sister a lesson.

"Let go of me, I'm going to beat her to death!"

Pei Zhuxuan has the right to teach Jin Yelin a lesson. You must know that when Jin Yelin first came to the company to practice, she always took care of the youngest sister.

She even ironed the uniform that Kim Yerin wore when she was in school!
"Okay, okay, Yilin was just joking."

Having cooperated so many times, Liu Xin'an has long been familiar with the members of Red velvet.

Including Park Soo Young and Kim Ye Rin who were unfamiliar at first.

Similarly, if it wasn't for familiarity, Kim Yerin would definitely not tease Pei Zhuxuan and Liu Xinan so blatantly.

Although she is skinny, she is not completely brainless.

Annoyed, Pei Zhuxuan was pulled away by Liu Xinan's arm, and Jin Yelin, who was relieved, returned to her sisters with a smile, and excitedly gave them a high-five to celebrate.

Li Chenglu also leaned over, and then gossiped about the comeback.

There were two days left, and she really couldn't wait any longer.

On the other side, Liu Xin'an who pulled Pei Zhuxuan aside did indeed have something to say to Pei Zhuxuan.

"Yeah, whose side are you on?"

Pei Zhuxuan, who broke free from Liu Xin'an's arm, stared dissatisfied at the man who helped her sister stop her, this is her boyfriend, right?Shouldn't he cooperate with her in capturing Jin Yelin?
"I'm definitely on your side, but Yilin is right, I will be their brother-in-law sooner or later."

"Come less!"

Pei Zhuxuan's little face, which had finally dissipated most of the blush, turned pink again, she muttered, and then said seriously: "What are you pulling me here for, do you have something to tell me?"

Liu Xin'an nodded, and then briefly told Pei Zhuxuan about the phone call with Mr. Jin.

Then, he saw Pei Zhuxuan in front of him wrinkling her beautiful face.

"The head of the office really told you that? But Brother Taiqian and I don't know about it."

"Said it was planned."

"Our company doesn't have many things, but plans."

What is more sharp than the complaints of the company's employees?
Liu Xin'an was amused by what his girlfriend said.

"It is estimated that there is a high probability that I will test you. After all, Huaxia fans are really great this time. You will teach us a few words of Chinese in a while. We need to shoot a video thanking Huaxia fans."

For fans, the two-way running of idols is the happiest thing for them.

It is a great honor for fans to see and be recognized by their loved ones for their hard work.

Pei Zhuxuan understands this feeling very well, so after learning that the Huaxia fans are very strong this time, the first thought of all of them is to thank these lovely fans.

If possible, they would of course also want to go to Huaxia to perform for everyone, but some things are not up to them, so... they can only try their best to tell those Huaxia fans their thanks in the form of video.

"Of course, you can give me a draft and I will translate it for you."

"Well, then wait a minute, I'll go and write."

Pei Zhuxuan nodded with a smile, and then pulled Liu Xin'an to the front of the sisters.

At this time, Jiang Seqi and others were surrounding Li Chenglu, looking at the messages of those Huaxia fans. After seeing Pei Zhuxuan and Liu Xin'an coming, everyone greeted Liu Xin'an with a smile.

"Are you going to shoot a video thanking Huaxia fans?"

"I'm sorry, but it's so embarrassing to say that from your mouth." Sun Shengwan nodded, then frowned, with an awkward expression on his face.

"Tell me what you want to say, and I'll translate it for you."

"Well, can you avoid it for a while?"

Liu Xin'an pointed at himself with a puzzled look on his face.

Several people nodded sharply and looked at Pei Zhuxuan in unison.

Pei Zhuxuan coughed, and pushed Liu Xin'an to the door of the practice room: "Go and chat with Brother Taiqian for a while, we will tell you after we finish writing."

"...I can see sooner or later, there's nothing to be shy about."

"Yeah, hurry up!"

"boom!"

The door of the practice room was closed again in front of Liu Xin'an, he looked dazed, he could completely understand how this group of people shoved him out.

But why wasn't Li Chenglu kicked out?

This is not discrimination!

Liu Xin'an sighed, and walked towards Cheng Taiqian's office speechlessly.

After knocking on the office door, he walked in and greeted Cheng Taiqian.

"Brother Taiqian."

"Xin'an, here we come."

"Ah."

"It's really thanks to you this time."

Liu Xin'an shook his head modestly: "Zhuxuan's recognition by everyone is due to her own charm, and it has nothing to do with me."

"It's too modest. If it weren't for you, we might not even have this opportunity, so the children want to thank you."

"Well, I know, Joohyun said that everyone will treat me to dinner tonight."

"Correct."

After casually chatting about a topic, Liu Xin'an looked down at his phone.

Does it take so long to discuss a thank you?

"Brother, I'll go there first." He pointed to the direction of the practice room and said to Cheng Taiqian with a smile.

"Okay, did Erin tell you what to eat?"

"Not yet."

"The words of this group of girls are probably trying to drag you to eat barbecue."

Cheng Taiqian rubbed his chin to give his guess, Liu Xin'an spread his hands, he can eat anything anyway.

Soon, Liu Xin'an, who returned to the door of the practice room, knocked lightly on the door.

The door opened quickly, and it was still Jin Yilin, a professional door opener, who opened the door.

"sister"

She still wanted to call her brother-in-law, but Liu Xin'an gave her a glare.

It is enough to play a meme once, if you keep playing it, the meme will become a bad meme.

Moreover, if Pei Zhuxuan gets mad again this time, he won't stop him.

"Brother Xin'an, sister Cheng Lu is helping us translate."

When it comes to translation, Li Chenglu is much more reliable than Liu Xin'an.

He was originally a simultaneous interpreter of the Eight Classics, and he is professional in translation.

"So you don't need me at all?"

"How is it possible, Sister Zhuxuan, brother Xin'an is here, do you want to let him in?" Jin Yilin turned to Pei Zhuxuan and asked.

Probably Pei Zhuxuan made some nodding gesture, anyway, Jin Yelin didn't continue to stop him, but let him in.

It was only ten minutes since he left just now.

"What kind of thank-you speech are you preparing? As for keeping it secret?"

"It's just some ordinary thanks to Huaxia fans."

"Then why don't you let me listen, I'm curious too."

Shame is something that is often associated with people close to you.

Pei Zhuxuan pursed her lips and reached out to push Liu Xin'an, but she couldn't push Liu Xin'an with this little strength.

Soon, Liu Xin'an saw a note full of words.

"You want to speak all in Chinese?"

Several people nodded, it was precisely because of this that they pushed Liu Xin'an away.

How to put it. They also know that their own Chinese is not particularly good, so if possible, they don't want to lose face in front of Liu Xin'an.

As for Li Chenglu?
Li Chenglu is half a Chinese teacher, so what is there to be ashamed of in front of the teacher!
Liu Xin'an looked at Pei Zhuxuan, his girlfriend was more concerned about learning Chinese, so he was not worried about his girlfriend's Chinese proficiency.

Pei Zhuxuan did not live up to his expectations. Among the five people, she spoke Chinese the best, even more formal than Sun Shengwan who participated in the show.

While listening to his girlfriend speaking Chinese, Liu Xin'an pursed his lips, and couldn't help but think of what Chief Jin had told him on the phone before.

"Oh! As expected of the future Huaxia daughter-in-law, the Chinese level is really high."

Pei Zhuxuan flew over with a sharp eye, and the cold little face was very intimidating, which immediately made Sun Shengwan, who was teasing out loud, calm down.

"You study hard for me. It's the strangest thing that you say is not as good as me. You recorded the show together."

"But I still use English most of the time in the show." Sun Shengwan's face was full of grievances. It's really not that she said it badly, but that Pei Zhuxuan said it too well!

Sun Shengwan never expected that one day he would be dissed by Pei Zhuxuan in terms of language.

Obviously this sister's English is a mess!
"So you study hard."

"Oh"

Sun Shengwan was honest, she continued to look at the draft in her hand, listened to what Li Chenglu read to them just now, the standard Mandarin, and followed it.

"By the way... who's in charge of filming?"

Liu Xin'an suddenly remembered that he had never heard about this incident from Cheng Taiqian at all, and he hadn't seen any special professional filming teams, so the question came. Who will shoot in a while?

Regarding Liu Xin'an's question, several people answered him with uniform gaze.

He widened his eyes and pointed at himself: "Should I shoot?"

"Correct."

　Necessary transitional chapter. A little water, I reflect!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)