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Chapter 157: Dominate South Korea, Huge Benefits

"Old Tian, ​​stop laughing, you've been laughing for several days."

Xu Haofeng joked.

Tian Zhuangzhuang nodded slightly: "Indeed, there is nothing much to mention about Yu Tang breaking the box office record."

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Jiang Wei and Xu Haofeng shook their heads together.

It's really great to have a proud protégé.

Zhou Yutang has really grown a lot of faces for Tian Zangzang these days.

Seeing the depressed expressions of Xu Haofeng and Jiang Wei, Tian Zhuangzhuang said happily: "Yu Tang, why do you bring so much cigarettes and alcohol? Is it okay to give you some for Teacher Jiang and Teacher Xu?"

"Of course it's no problem. You know that Teacher Jiang and Teacher Xu are here. I'll go to the trunk of the car and bring some more. Do you want to try a cigar? The goods over there at Maozi are all gifts from friends."

"It's almost okay, I can't get used to smoking that thing."

Tian Zhuangzhuang put down his pen and greeted with a smile on his face: "Come, come, come, you are welcome to meet me, Lao Jiang, Lao Xu, you are welcome too."

"Then I'm really rude."

Xu Haofeng's eyes lit up behind his lenses. He was also a smoker and alcoholic.

Zhou Yutang knew that Mr. Xu was an author, proficient in screenwriting and directing, and very capable.

Especially in class, he is very interesting. He often tells students some interesting things in the circle. His class is always full every time.

After dividing the spoils, Zhou Yutang took the initiative and said: "Teacher Jiang, I just have something to do with you. Next month the Magnolia Awards will be presented and I will go to the Magic City."

"You got five nominations, right?"

Xu Haofeng pushed up his glasses, his tone slightly envious.

He is a teacher and also a director. Which director doesn't dream of standing on the podium one day.

Jiang Wei only collaborated with Zhou Yutang on one work and went straight to the altar, which he couldn't help but be envious of.

"Okay, let me know when the time comes."

Teacher Jiang Wei nodded and handed over the script in his hand; "Yu Tang, I haven't finished the book "Snow Leopard" yet. Please take a look first."

Xu Haofeng asked: "Yu Tang, is this "Snow Leopard" also a project of your company?"

"This is the copyright I bought. I plan to let Teacher Jiang Wei make it into a TV script. When the time comes, my company will invest in the filming."

Zhou Yutang looked through the script and explained to Xu Haofeng casually.

The script for "Snow Leopard" is in good progress.

"Snow Leopard" is expected to be made into a 40-episode TV series, and about half of it is currently completed.

This drama is different from "Insidious". The original work of "Insidious" only has [-] to [-] words, and it needs to be adapted into a script of hundreds of thousands of words, including the character settings and the plot, all of which have to be rearranged.

The original work of "Snow Leopard", "Special Warfare Pioneer", is a long online novel with detailed character settings and a complete plot framework.

It is only necessary to extract the essence of the content inside. With the strength of Teacher Jiang Wei, half of it is still the result of his seriousness and carefulness.

"Old Xu, please help me take a closer look. Yu Tang's main theme book is pretty good."

"That's necessary. You can't drink this Moutai for nothing."

Xu Haofeng laughed and discussed the problems in the script with Jiang Wei.

"Go out for a cigarette?"

Tian Zhuangzhuang stood up with a smile. Zhou Yutang knew that Lao Tian had something to say to him, so he came out to accompany him.

"How does it feel to have set a new box office record?"

"Fortunately."

"to be frank."

"It's cool."

Zhou Yutang said honestly: "With so many people holding it, I feel a little overwhelmed."

He is also a man, not a god.

When a department store counterman who is at the bottom of society one day stands on the forefront and has a net worth of over [-] million, he will subconsciously no longer regard himself as a small shopping guide, and he will certainly not be able to maintain the same attitude towards customers as he did at the beginning.

Zhou Yutang has been walking on thin ice all the way, and now he is surrounded by flowers, which makes him feel a little drifting.

Tian Zhuangzhuang took a puff of cigarette and looked at Zhou Yutang with a hint of relief in his eyes: "It's normal. Everyone has this stage. Forget it at first. The important thing is that you realize this, which shows that you know what you are doing. "

"Anyway, I think you haven't changed. If you can put down those social activities, come back to school, and continue to work hard, it proves that you still want to make progress."

"Teacher Tian, ​​I really want to make progress."

Zhou Yutang said frankly.

The longer you stay in this circle, the more you understand how realistic this vanity fair is.

He has been making progress, from an ordinary student to a popular star, and is now completing his transformation from a popular star into a being of another class.

According to Zhou Yutang's mountain climbing theory, he has now taken a big step forward from halfway up the mountain and is on the road to the top of the mountain quickly.

Just stand on the top of the mountain and watch the storm with a smile.

That is the person who plays chess in this circle, who can participate in formulating the rules of the game and let many people play according to his rules.

"By the way, Teacher Tian, ​​is the person you just talked about Poet Chen?"

"I didn't say it, you said it yourself."

Lao Tian held a cigarette and lit it at Zhou Yutang.

The two smiled at each other.

Brother Chen Kai was also very talented back then. His film "Farewell My Concubine" shocked the world and won the Palme d'Or.

Beauty is enchanting and honor is supreme.

He was almost put on a pedestal.

The results of it?
Lu Wei once said something very interesting: "I was very lucky. When I collaborated with Brother Chen Kai, he was at his purest artistic stage."

After Poet Chen became famous, he became less "pure" towards art.
He is not very good at listening to advice.

Therefore, his works are more like a middle-aged male director with a lot of literary talent expressing his emotions through narcissism.

“The key is the work.”

Tian Zhuangzhuang patted Zhou Yutang on the shoulder and said earnestly: "You still have to produce good works. The great man once said that art has value as long as people like it. Of course, this value orientation must not be like Lu Chuan's. It’s so crooked, you have to know what you’re doing when doing things.”

Another person was whipped to death in Lu.

Zhou Yutang nodded slightly: "I understand."

Finished a cigarette.

Tian Zhuangzhuang continued to go back to the office to chat with Xu Haofeng and Jiang Wei.

Zhou Yutang went directly back to the company to arrange the trip to South Korea.

Zhu Yilong and Zhang Ruojun both joined the group, and he just came to see the teacher and listen to the teachings.

very effective.

At least it made him more clear about what he wanted to do.

Came to South Korea again.

The situation is different from last time.

At Incheon International Airport, hundreds of fans gathered.

"Wow, uncle!"

"Zhou Yutang is really, really handsome!"

"Does this look really exist?"

"You are so handsome that you can't believe it even if you see it with your own eyes!"

"Salang hey, Zhou Yutang!"

Zhou Yutang wore a pair of sunglasses, nodded with a smile, and waved his hands from time to time.

The stick-obsessed girl climaxed directly on the spot.

Li Shuang was busy with work and did not come with him this time. He asked Pei Yun, the manager of the South Korean studio, to come and pick him up: "Boss, you don't know how popular you are in South Korea right now. There are fans who build their own websites and the station sister handles them." Some interviews and videos of you in China.”

"Miss Station?"

"To put it simply, fans who are here to support celebrities use their love to generate electricity, independently follow their schedules, take photos, retouch pictures, and edit Amway promotional videos. The one who holds a camera at you at the airport and snaps it is your station here. sister."

"Really play."

Zhou Yutang said it was an eye-opener.

The version of the entertainment industry in South Korea is updated too quickly.

However, there is one thing to say, the station sister model does have a certain promotion effect on celebrities.

"Can I contact them?"

"Okay, boss, do you want to?"

"No, I don't want to."

Seeing the doubts in Pei Yun's eyes, Zhou Yutang chuckled and said, "Giving them some signed posters and peripherals is not easy to generate electricity with love."

"Boss, you are so nice."

"Has the arrangements been made at KBS?"

"No problem, we have communicated in advance."

"Then let's go to the hotel first."

Zhou Yutang nodded slightly.

In addition to negotiating promotional activities with SHOWBOX this time, he also had to hold a meeting with the executives of KBS TV station to discuss the recording and effects of "The Voice" here. The current average ratings of "The Voice" here are 18 %, and its popularity continues to increase. It can definitely be regarded as a popular variety show.

The place where I stayed this time was still the Shilla Hotel. As soon as I checked into the hotel, I received a call from a senior executive at SHOWBOX, saying that a big shot wanted to meet me.

Zhou Yutang was slightly distracted when he saw the woman accompanied by the SHOWBOX senior executive.

He recognized the true identity of this mature woman at a glance, she was Li Fuzhen, the eldest princess of Samsung.

Li Fuzhen was wearing a Chanel suit, her slender legs wrapped in black stockings and a pair of high heels. The collar of her white shirt revealed her fair neck and the skin of Xiangshuang Saixue under the collar.

of course.

Her graceful figure and delicate face are not the most attractive features of this woman.

The kind of temperament cultivated by the nobles and nobles is a ripe flower of wealth in the world.

After Pei Yun communicated with the other party and confirmed his identity, he was a little shocked and translated in Zhou Yutang's ear.

It turns out that Li Fuzhen is one of the shareholders of SHOWBOX, but this meeting was her personal request.

A dinner was specially arranged for this purpose.

"Mr. Zhou, is the food to your liking?"

“It took a lot of effort and is very good.”

Zhou Yutang nodded slightly, with a faint smile on his face.

to be frank.

Probably the only thing South Korea is good at is kimchi and barbecue.

But the food in Shilla Hotel is high-end and has many kinds, which is indeed good.

Samsung Group is the top chaebol in South Korea. As the eldest daughter of the chaebol, Lee Bo-jin is responsible for operating the Shilla Hotel and has strong business capabilities.

At least in Zhou Yutang's view, the entire Silla Hotel appears to be of extremely high quality under her operation. You can even taste Chinese food cooked by the chef here. This is also the designated hotel for Chinese leaders to stay when they visit South Korea.

Li Fuzhen has obviously done his homework in advance.

Knowing that Zhou Yutang is from Jiangsu Province, I specially arranged for a Huaiyang cuisine chef to cook Huaiyang cuisine tonight.

"It has always been the purpose of our Shilla Hotel to provide guests with high-quality services."

Li Fuzhen showed an elegant smile, raised the cup in his hand, and stirred it gently with a spoon, making a pleasant ding-dong sound.

Both of them communicated with their own purposes.

Zhou Yutang quickly understood the woman's intention. "You want to cooperate with me?"

"Yes."

Li Fuzhen brushed his hair beside his ear, and his smile showed an indescribable confidence: "I have read Mr. Zhou's resume, and his rise is incredibly fast. I heard that Mr. Zhou has the intention to develop in South Korea. Maybe We can work together.”

"How to cooperate?"

"We can set up a film and television entertainment company together, and I will take care of all Mr. Zhou's troubles in South Korea from now on."

"Then what do I need to do for you?"

"You don't need to do anything. I just want your work, and your distribution rights in South Korea will be handed over to the new company."

Li Fuzhen's smile was sweet and sincere: "I think no one knows what those people want to see better than you. You are a smart person and you must know what this cooperation means."

Zhou Yutang probably understood what Princess Sanxing was thinking.

Everything is based on its proven ability to output high-quality entertainment content.

Including the original "I Want to Meet You", "The Voice", and even the phenomenon-level movie "Alone" which is still in theaters.

These high-quality film and television entertainment contents will have a great impact on ordinary people in South Korea.

Li Fuzhen wants to further enhance his influence in South Korea.

Zhou Yutang can get a partner with a strong background and strong enough to solve many problems in South Korea.

The two of them each had their own needs, so they talked happily.

of course.

Only preliminary cooperation intentions have been discussed, and the specific distribution of benefits still needs to be negotiated.

It wasn't until Li Fuzhen's secretary came to urge her to meet at the group company that she got up and left. Before leaving, she even arranged a vehicle for Zhou Yutang.

I talked about this matter with Li Shuang in the car.

Sister Shuang said with rare gossip: "Yu Tang, this three-star eldest princess must have fallen in love with you, right?"

"Sister Shuang, what are you talking about?"

Zhou Yutang shook his head and laughed: "Everyone has a husband. Do you think I am someone who does bad things?"

"It's not like you, I think you are."

Li Shuang said nothing, but her silence seemed to give the best answer.

The assistant Mao Xiaoyu was trying hard to hold back her laughter.

When she first started working with Zhou Yutang, Jiangdong Studio had not yet transformed into an entertainment company, and she was still a blank slate, but after experiencing Zhou Yutang's colorful love life.

Mao Xiaoyu also began to learn from Li Shuang's behavior.

Do your duty as a personal assistant, arrange Zhou Yutang's food, clothing, housing and transportation, and communicate with her about her work schedule.

Zhou Yutang is really generous to the people around him. Every time he goes on a business trip, he will buy gifts for those people and some things for the people around him.

Last year on a business trip in Xiangjiang, Mao Xiaoyu received an LV bag.

She vowed to stand by Zhou Yutang's side to the death.

As for emotional matters, just let the boss handle it by himself. Even if he sees something, just pretend he didn't see it.

"Yu Tang, what do you think?"

Even though he was joking, Li Shuang still asked Zhou Yutang's thoughts in a very professional manner.

"It's built on the basis of equality. It doesn't hurt to try to cooperate. Anyway, my base is at home, and I can play whatever I want abroad."

Zhou Yutang thought about it for a while and then said: "The cooperation goes smoothly and we can complete the company's future layout in foreign markets."

"Even if the cooperation fails, it will not have any bad impact on me."

The name of the chaebol princess sounds deceptive, but it is only useful in South Korea. If Zhou Yutang pats her butt and returns to China, nothing will happen.

"Then do what you want and leave it to Pei Yun to discuss."

Zhou Yutang then had a meeting with Pei Yun. Pei Yun was a little impressed: "Boss, you have already planned your business here in order to make the company bigger?"

"You may not believe it, but I didn't have such a long-term plan at the beginning. I came here purely to make money and because of one thing."

"whats the matter?"

Pei Yun was a little curious.

"Just Zhang Nara, do you know?"

"She seems to be a second-tier female celebrity here. She was very popular in China for a while. What happened to her?"

"The Korean wave swept Asia a few years ago, and there are many Korean fans in China. She was so involved in South Korea that she could no longer survive, so she came to China to make a lot of money. After she returned, she was still on TV variety shows there. He said he would go to China when he had no money, which meant that people in China were stupid and had too much money, and I was a little unhappy."

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Pei Yun opened his mouth wide and was speechless.

Zhou Yutang had a meaningful smile on his face: "I wanted to make money at the beginning, now I want to make their money, and I will still make their money in the future. This is called staying true to the original intention."

So after "Want to Meet You" entered the South Korean market, he has been slowly making plans. The main purpose is to suppress the Korean Wave while also exporting reverse culture to South Korea.

Judging from his current popularity in South Korea, you can tell that it has begun to bear fruit.

"Boss, if you go too far like this, you may cause South Korean officials to personally suppress it."

"Haha, so it is necessary to cooperate with Li Fuzhen."

Zhou Yutang smiled calmly and said: "The chaebols in this country have abilities beyond your imagination. Li Fuzhen also has a brother in his family, the next heir designated by the old chairman of the Samsung chaebol."

"That's why she chose to cooperate with you, and with great sincerity."

"That's right, by cooperating with me and relying on popular film and television works, she can improve her nationality, increase her influence in the family, and even gain greater initiative in property inheritance in the future."

Zhou Yutang lightly tapped his knees with his fingers, always with a faint smile on his face.

Li Fuzhen boosted her influence.

He also has huge benefits to gain.

When the time comes, this chaebol princess will be in front.

Isn't that just doing whatever you want?

"Why is a Chinese person so popular in South Korea?"

"Check his ancestors. Are they from South Korea?"

"You're so handsome, Xiba!"

"Seeing his face makes me wet."

On the most popular Naver forum in South Korea, several of the top 10 hot posts are from Zhou Yutang.

After the movie "Uncle" was released in South Korea, it was like a hurricane coming, sweeping through and overturning the entire South Korean film market.

Since its release in South Korea, this movie has dominated the big screen with overwhelming force.

The number of moviegoers in the three days of the first weekend was 95!
so far.

The cumulative number of movie viewers has exceeded 600 million!
The most important indicator of box office statistics in South Korea is the number of moviegoers and attendance.

This result even surpassed many popular movie stars in South Korea and created a moderate box office miracle.

Moreover, according to relevant media statistics in South Korea, this Chinese movie has a very high reputation and overwhelming praise. Especially after Zhou Yutang went to South Korea to participate in SHOWBOX promotional activities, the box office growth bucked the trend and may even break the Korean record. Annual movie viewing record.

And all this.

It also brought extremely terrifying popularity to Zhou Yutang.

In this early summer, women all over South Korea seemed to be going crazy because of his existence.

He didn't do anything, and the female fans here independently built a fan site for Zhou Yutang.

A webmaster who understands Chinese wrote a post about Zhou Yutang’s experience and posted it on the Korean network’s forum. The entire Korean network was excited about it:
"Oh my God! Zhou Yutang only debuted for two and a half years!"

"He seems to be doing well in every profession from popular Internet author to screenwriter, actor, director, and boss. Only now do I know that this guy is behind the scenes of the popular variety show "The Voice" that I have been following for some time. Promoted variety show.”

"Xiba, why is he so handsome and rich?"

"Sad, really sad. My majestic woman from the Kingdom of Han Ming was conquered by a man from the Celestial Dynasty."

"If a man like this wants me, I will agree at all costs."

Lin Yoona happily browsed the forum page with a happy smile on her lips.

Kim Taeyeon, the leader of the same group, reminded: "Yoona, please restrain yourself. If you smile again, it will look like a crocodile's mouth."

"Hahaha, is it so obvious?"

"Wow, you are really hopeless."

Kim Taeyeon was unable to complain.

The joy that filled Lin Yuner's delicate and pretty little face could be seen even by a blind person.

Not only because of the enthusiastic response to their new album "Gee" at the beginning of the year, but also because of the huge sales of the movie of Yoona's idol Zhou Yutang.

"I'm in a good mood today. I'll invite my sisters to go to the cinema to watch a movie together."

"You're not going to watch "The Lonely Agent" again, are you? You've already invited us to watch it twice. I also watched it with Xiao Jingshu and Song Qian. I can almost memorize the entire movie's lines."

Jessica, another member of the group who was applying a facial mask, also complained.

The group members in the girls' dormitory, including Yuri, Xiuying, and Seohyun, all shook their heads.

She came to a conclusion:
Yoona was completely hopeless.

Ever since Zhou Yutang's movie was released in South Korea, this girl would take out her mobile phone during her spare time to read the good comments about Zhou Yutang on the Internet, and then snicker there, sometimes she would suddenly blush and bite her lip. , looking like a girl dreaming about her spring.

"Isn't it pretty?"

Lin Yoona said confidently: "Xika, please also ask Xiujing and Xueli to go with them. There will be more people and it will be more lively."

"going or not?"

Jessica looked at Kim Taeyeon.

The remaining Huang Meiying, Xu Xian and others also looked at their captain.

As the leader of the group, Kim Taeyeon is quite prestigious, and everyone is used to listening to her make decisions.

Lin Yoona had already activated the coquettish mode, and came over to hold Kim Taeyeon's arm, and said in a sweet voice: "Sister, go ahead, we will be releasing a new album soon and will be busy playing songs, and we won't have so much free time then. It’s time.”

"I really can't help you."

Kim Taeyeon shook her head, with a helpless expression on her face, and clapped her hands: "Forget it, let's go together with Yoona. After watching this, I'll treat everyone to a barbecue."

"To be clear in advance, I definitely didn't agree because I wanted to relive Zhou Yutang's perfect abs."

"Wow, thank you Captain!"

After participating in the promotional activities at the theater and reaching an agreement on cooperation with the Samsung Princess, Zhou Yutang went to KBS TV station for a tour.

Oranges born in Huainan are oranges, while those born in Huaibei are oranges.

The same program will produce different effects and changes in different environments, which is quite magical.

However, with professional correspondents from the variety show department of Mingjie Company watching, the overall program operation still follows the original framework of The Voice.

It can only be said that it is more difficult for low-level singers in South Korea to get ahead.

Because the entire industry is almost monopolized by chaebol-controlled companies and some large entertainment companies.

It's the rules of the game.

The area of ​​​​this place is equivalent to a province in China. There are not many talents who are good at singing. The few who are good at singing have been discovered and signed with large entertainment companies.

What's left are scraps that have been eliminated.

"Yu Tang, almost all the good prospects who have been promoted have been picked up by big entertainment companies. What are we doing watching this?"

Pei Yun handed the complete set of contestant information that he took from KBS TV station to Zhou Yutang and asked with some confusion.

"Just take a look, maybe you can find something missing."

Zhou Yutang took the document and flipped through it casually. Suddenly he saw something and his eyes froze.

He couldn't help but sit up straight and asked:
"Sister Yun, where does this Li Zhien come from?"

"She was an amateur who came to participate in the music audition. She passed the audition, but was eliminated in the second round."

"Then sign her."

(End of this chapter)