star of the peninsula

"I've become a sales pioneer?!"

Looking at the document in front of him with a sales volume of 880,000, Chen Chen's expression was as weird as any. His first reaction was that Black Cat had directly launched an army of digital androids just to save face.

The main reason is that the number of 880,000 on the first day is only the data compiled by Black Cat's channel. The sales volume of offline stores across South Korea has not yet been calculated. If it is really calculated, it will be.
Don't count things that don't count. Stop talking nonsense. What is this if it's not water injection? !

This is not the era of big water injections in three or four years. The first-day sales may easily start at 600,000 to 700,000, and the time when the final sales will not reach more than 1 million, and you will be embarrassed to say that you are a first-tier group. The time has not yet come!
At this time, the overall environment in the Korean entertainment industry was pretty good. Although everyone would still pour some water on it sometimes, it wouldn't go too far. In Chen Chen's opinion, the results in front of him were obviously too much.

"This sales volume."

Chen Chen opened his mouth, but he still didn't feel embarrassed to say what he was thinking.

"This is the sales volume of the three albums combined. Overseas also contributed a lot. Of course, the domestic contribution is still the largest." Ma Xiaohei couldn't understand what Chen Chen was nervous about, "You have "The Lonely Warrior", You have "Young Young Promising", you have written several very powerful Chinese songs for others, and you are the only young singer in China to have topped the B-chart consecutively. With your fame, the three albums together only cost more than 800,000, which is very low. In our case It seems that he is not worthy of your popularity.”

"If you know what the album sales figures are generally, you will know that it is not low at all." Chen Chen smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Coupled with the sales of offline stores in South Korea, today's total sales are probably close to one million. It's an exaggeration. It’s a bit too much.”

"It's already over one million." Ma Xiaohei's tone was calm, and you could even hear a little bit of his dissatisfaction. "Based on the information sent by the last statistics before the store closures, 150,000 is unstoppable. "

"Your album sells cheaply in mainland China. If you produce it locally and sell it through our channels, the overall price will be lowered even more."

"Even though we only placed over 800,000 orders on the first day, we still have to work harder." Ma Xiaohei sighed, not knowing at all how abhorrent his words were.

"However, although there is a big gap in sales between the two places, people's preferences are almost the same." Ma Xiaohei added: "Just as we expected, Laocheng Road accounted for 95% of the sales, and almost the rest It’s all that comprehensive album, and not many people like those little animated characters.”

"In other words, "Old Town Road" can achieve an exaggerated score of one million on the first day." Chen Chen touched his chin and asked: "Has the marketing draft been written?"

Since the sales volume is not water injection, Chen Chen feels more at peace in his heart and can just do whatever he wants next.

"It has been prepared for a long time. Five minutes after we announce the sales together, a large number of manuscripts will be sent out through the marketing account." Ma Xiaohei explained casually, "The songs are excellent, the album is of high quality, everyone has been waiting for this album. It has been very explosive for a long time. These will be mentioned, but the main marketing is still the strong consumption power of the mainland and the excellent output ability of our channel. "

"You can also deliberately mention that my album is sold cheaply and follows the route of small profits but quick turnover." Chen Chen suggested: "Things with only advantages and no disadvantages are always unreal in people's eyes. Grab one or two that are not true." The important shortcomings can make the advantages more real. "

"Understood, I will ask someone to add a few announcements."

Ma Xiaohei made an OK gesture with his left hand, and was already operating the phone with his right hand.

After the operation was completed, Ma Xiaohei completely relaxed.

"Let's go downstairs and have something to drink."

……

When the food and drinks were served, various sales charts in South Korea revealed the specific sales volume of Chen Chen's album.

Large difference, medium difference, small difference, anyway, there is no consistent data, and it is even different from the data compiled by Black Cat itself.

This is an extremely normal phenomenon, because each list is calculated differently.

The only thing that remained consistent was the exaggerated look of the South Koreans crawling all over the floor after being shocked. Chen Chen and Ma Xiaohei laughed so much that they drank several more drinks.

"But it's quite surprising that these picky South Koreans don't suspect that the sales are fake." Ma Xiaohei raised his glass again.

"What's the surprise?" Chen Chen met him. "I have a very high status in the South Korean rice circle. They can't question it. If you really want to question me, then at least there must be someone with a high status." Just take the lead.”

"sharp."

Ma Xiaohei gave a simple compliment without any further explanation. It was an obvious compliment.

"Speaking of which, do you know a platform called Yizhiyu?" Chen Chen took the initiative to find a topic to talk about here. "They started doing the same thing as us last year. You can pay attention to them."

"Why should you care?" Ma Xiaohei sneered, "After we start, all companies similar to ours will die! In China, no matter how big they are, they can still be bigger than us? Just acquire them directly after they are squeezed out!"

"..."

Chen Chen was speechless. Such overbearing and exaggerated words were something he envied.

"That's right." Chen Chen nodded along with his intention, "They don't have the qualifications to make it big."

"You're right, no one can do this kind of business, except C Headquarters!" Ma Xiaohei suddenly became excited, "You are really a genius! You can use the identity of a Chinese company in the South Korean entertainment industry, which is very involved. It’s so cool to develop!”

Chen Chen didn't understand why Ma Xiaohei became excited, but this did not prevent him from making a good posture and continuing to listen to this man who became more talkative after drinking.

The two of them look at things from different perspectives, and it would be an eye-opener to know more about them.

"It is much more difficult for our country to enter than other countries, but it is not difficult to get out." Ma Xiaohei talked endlessly about everything he saw from his own perspective, "If C Headquarters can take over the Korean entertainment industry The production of derivative products is brought to China, and then sold domestically to Korean entertainment fans around the world. For us, this thing has changed from import to export. "

"In other words, we have suddenly changed from being cut leeks to people wielding scythes. The higher-ups will definitely not stop this."

"It has never been done before because we couldn't find a suitable agent. After all, people may not be willing to ask South Koreans to do this kind of thing. Even if others are willing, the top brass may not let us do it."

"But you are different. Headquarters C is a Chinese enterprise. If you do this, there will be no internal resistance."

"As for the resistance on the South Korean side, there is no resistance here. Most of them are businessmen who jump around for benefits. They will join whoever can bring them more benefits."

"And many of their publishers are overseas companies. Now it is extremely normal to switch to our place where they can get more benefits. No one will find it inconvenient."

"You may want to ask, why don't we do this kind of thing ourselves? It seems that any Chinese company can take on the work that C Headquarters will undertake."

"I think it's simple, that's not the case at all!"

"The prerequisite for success is that you have to go deep into the Korean entertainment industry, otherwise no matter how big a company you are, you won't be qualified to talk to them."

"The qualifications are very restrictive. The little guys are just chatting with the little guys, while the big investors are watching from the outside and are not allowed to leave."

"You have to know that we are not just one big company in the world. There are many such entities, from South Korea, Sakura Country, and the United States. They are everywhere." "Therefore, behind the entertainment industry are chaebol capital, and the game inside is essentially We are fighting an agent war. If we want to take a bite of the Korean entertainment industry, we must have an agent in it.”

"We can directly acquire South Korean companies to gain admission, but there are only a few that are attractive to us, and we don't want to touch the others."

“Even though it seems difficult, we still choose to give it a try.”

"The results of it"

"Ali took 4% of the stupid company and stopped. Penguin was ruthless and took more than ten percent of the crooked chicken, but he still stopped because others had no intention of actually giving it to you."

"OK, now we know that we are going in the wrong direction. Proxy war is not that simple."

"However, we cannot quickly support an agent who has taken root in the South Korean entertainment industry, and we do not have the patience to spend many years building a company from scratch until it gradually grows to the point where it is qualified to talk to large companies in the industry."

"Especially during this period, we have to constantly protect it to prevent it from dying, to prevent it from being squeezed to death by its peers, and at the same time, we must not let it become less popular in the circle. Then when we can take action, we have to ensure that it hits the target with one hit, 100% to accomplish what we want to accomplish.”

"It's too difficult, too expensive, and there are enough risks along the way for us to give up on this idea."

"If you look around you, you will find that C Headquarters is the only Chinese entertainment company that has penetrated into the Korean entertainment industry and is firmly established and prosperous."

"So we were overjoyed when you showed up and thought you were our perfect agent."

"Now we will first get artist albums, peripherals and other products, and then slowly control the entertainment company, and then invade their film and television base, and then expand to their entire entertainment industry!" Ma Xiaohei demonstrated the cunning and ruthlessness of the black cat. , "Drink their blood, eat their flesh, and finally stand on top of their heads to see if there is a chance to break out of the entertainment industry and try other industries!"

"Once a passage is established, it can't be wasted, right? A passage should be accessible in both directions, allowing both entry and exit!"

"Of course, this will take a long time to do. But we are very confident in C Department and feel that it can continue to develop under your care."

"You don't have to worry that the things you do with us will damage the image of C Headquarters." Ma Xiaohei patted Chen Chen on the shoulder, "'After entering the customs, there will be great scholars who will argue for me.' You must know this. What do you mean? After we do it, most people will only think that C Department has done a good thing, because those who have benefited from us will defend themselves in this way."

"..."

"..."

It wasn't until this moment that Chen Chen understood what the other party wanted to do. He also understood that his vision was still too narrow in front of a real big company. At the same time, he also knew what the lucrative contract he signed a few days ago had dragged him into. In such a battle situation.

But Chen Chen didn't feel nervous or scared. Instead, he found it quite exciting to do this. He was willing to implement this plan that was several times more terrifying than Netflix's invasion of South Korea.

"So I am your agent for Alibaba in the Korean entertainment industry. If I have the opportunity to explore outside the industry in the future, I will be your agent in more industries, right?" Chen Chen squinted his eyes and smiled, "It still feels good. not bad."

"Yes, we will support you unconditionally." Ma Xiaohei added, "Of course, so does a certain person. They take more shares of C headquarters. It would be abnormal not to get involved when seeing this kind of thing. ”

"Oh, it would be great if we met you first, grandma!" Ma Xiaohei felt depressed and couldn't help complaining, "It feels so uncomfortable to have to take advantage of what we have done so hard. But we will never conflict with someone, we can only cooperate!”

"The cooperation between you two will definitely be a win-win situation, don't worry." Chen Chen said with relief: "The order of some things is so wonderful. Without Youyin, there would be no me, and you would not have a qualified agent, one after another. "

"Okay." Ma Xiaohei collected his emotions and raised his head again, "I told you a lot today, I hope I didn't scare you."

"Do you think I'm scared?" Chen Chen spread his hands and leaned back to prove it to him.

"You are indeed a young hero." Ma Xiaohei nodded, then stood up and left, "I will go back today and see you at the press conference in two days."

"Okay, see you later."

Chen Chen sent him two steps away, but not far.

After returning to his seat and sitting for a while, Chen Chen wanted to digest what he heard today and regain his mood.

Chen Chen thought that the other person had loosened his mouth after drinking, but he didn't expect that he deliberately said it to him.

Think about it, how can such a big shot who comes out to discuss business be a character who can do it with just two pounds? Even two pounds may not be enough.

Haha, why do you feel like you are still so young after living for so long?
Chen Chen smiled and shook his head, thinking it was because he had never stood at such a high place before.

……

……

Album No. 1 went on sale and sold millions of copies on the first day.

There was a lot of discussion on No. 2 all over the Internet, and the popularity increased exponentially, but the sales data given on the second day were lower, at least compared to the first day.

No. 3 was supposed to be discussing the sudden drop in sales of No. 2, but a press conference in the C headquarters made everyone's saliva go back to their stomachs.

Black Cat's acquisition of five shares of C Division for US$23 million has become the only hot topic in South Korea. Everyone is surprised by Black Cat's generosity, and they are also surprised that C Division has become so valuable at some point.

……

"Why are you here?" When he returned home, Chen Chen saw Pei Zhuxuan waiting for him in the living room. He kicked off his shoes and happily ran over to hug her. "Tomorrow is the concert, so I won't stay with my teammates today." They came to me together and deserved a beating!"

"The closer I get to the big event, the more I miss my dear boyfriend. What can I do?" Pei Zhuhyun pouted.

"What about your teammates?" Chen Chen joked, "Are they here to see your dear boyfriend too?"

"It's not right for them to have boyfriends!" Pei Zhuxuan suddenly realized that she had been spared mid-sentence, so she punched Chen Chen angrily, "Why do they want to come to you?! Do you want to be beaten?!"

"You're kidding, they definitely won't come." Chen Chen gently stroked her hair, "Are you worried after you found out that my phone was turned off?"

"Hehe~" Pei Zhuhyun raised her head naively, as if she wanted to praise him, "I think we still have to have this kind of tacit understanding, right?"

...(End of chapter)