Chapter 290 Li Xiuman's invitation
Hearing that it was President Li again, Xu Kun couldn't help but wonder: "What is the relationship between this President Li Xiuman and the previous President Li Meijing?"
"Uh. ~It should have nothing to do with it.”
Han Geng then remembered that he was just trying to get closer to Xu Kun, but he forgot to explain his identity.
At this time, Li Xiuman also saw Xu Kun, so he bowed from a distance and said: "Hello, Mr. Xu, I am Li Xiuman, the president of SM Entertainment."
Another Korean who can speak Chinese.
Han Geng explained in a low voice on the side: "I am actually not from CJ, but a boy band artist under SM Entertainment. This time, President Li specially sent me to translate for you."
“Do SM and CJ have a good relationship?”
“Well, I don’t know, but Korea is so big and they are both in the entertainment industry, so there should be some connection, right?”
Xu Kun nodded slightly, and then took the initiative to walk towards Li Xiuman - since the other party has come to the door, he must at least find out the purpose of the other party's visit.
"Hello, President Li."
When Xu Kun was in the capital, he was accustomed to addressing strangers of some status as "you", but he was not so careless here in Bangzi.
Li Xiuman held his hand excitedly, first said a few sentences in broken Chinese, and then changed to jittery Korean.
It seems that his Chinese level is much worse than that of Jin Jidong. He can only speak some simple scene words, and gets stuck if it is a little more complicated.
Han Geng hurriedly translated, and it turned out that Li Xiuman meant that as early as last year, he had heard about Xu Kun from his artists.
But at that time, he had no idea that Xu Kun would create another movie-watching miracle so soon.
“Young and promising, you are really young and promising!”
Lee Soo Man said this sentence directly in Chinese.
“President Li is overly praised.”
Xu Kun smiled and said, “I am just lucky.”
When Han Geng translated it into Korean, Li Xiuman immediately shook his head like a rattle, and then said a lot of Smecta.
"Teacher Li Xiuman said that he also has some understanding of your operations in China. It is a very professional and refined operation, and it also allowed him to see the importance of the Internet to idol artists - uh , he said that of course you are not an idol, but the way you operate is something that idols can learn from."
After Han Geng finished translating, Li Xiuman said in a strange Chinese accent: "Mr. Xu, I hope you can come in person and see the results we have learned from you.”
It has only been three months since Xu Kun started mobilizing the fan economy.
No one in China has fully understood this yet, but Bangzi claimed to have achieved results, which made Xu Kun a little interested.
After talking with the CJ staff, I found out that the next scheduled itinerary was to visit some small Forbidden City in South Korea, so Xu Kun changed the itinerary with a wave of his hand.
He has been to the real Forbidden City several times. What’s so good about the knockoffs?
The second wave of Hallyu in 2006 has just started to take off, and there is still a year or two before it becomes a real hit, so Bangzi is not so arrogant when it comes to the Chinese people.
What's more, Xu Kun was a distinguished guest that Li Meijing personally picked up at the airport, so the CJ staff didn't dare to stop him and just quietly called his superiors to report.
Sitting in Lee Soo Man's car, on the way to SM Entertainment, I listened to him keep talking about himself and the indissoluble bond between SM and China.
SM really attaches great importance to the Chinese market. The earliest HOT, later Shinhwa, and TVXQ, which has become popular in the past two years, have all been sent to China by SM for exchanges.
The girl group launched in the first half of last year was sent by SM to China for a singing tour not long after its establishment. As a result, half a year was wasted, but it failed to make any splash.
Lee Soo Man invited Xu Kun to go this time because he wanted him to get a feel for this girl group and see what elements they lack that prevent them from being loved by Chinese audiences. Li Xiuman spoke very fast. In order to do a good job of translating, Han Geng was not even allowed to kneel on the passenger seat and stick his head in the back seat.
After listening to his translation, Xu Kun had a question mark on his forehead. Will he go on a singing tour? What is that?
"It means cooperating with singing and dancing troupes from all over the world to gain fame. Unless a Korean debut idol is a hit from the beginning, he or she must gain popularity by touring on the singing stage."
< br>Now Xu Kun finally understood why SM company didn't make waves.
Local song and dance troupe?
How many people can pay attention to that thing?
Besides, how big is South Korea? The small city of Seoul accounts for one-fifth of the population. If you just travel back and forth in this city to play music, you will definitely accumulate some fans over time.
But if you put this routine in China...
Only in third-tier and above cities, you may not be able to finish it in half a year.
Even if someone listens to your concert and thinks it's pretty good, how many people will chase you all over China just for a chance encounter?
Besides, Xu Kun has personally experienced how deep the water in this acupoint is, so he is a foreigner, otherwise Xu Kun doubts whether they can come back in one piece.
However, Xu Kun had no intention of telling Li Xiuman these truths.
It would be better if Bangzi never entered the Chinese market.
It is a pity that Xu Kun has no say. Judging from the current situation, Hallyu will definitely gradually invade the country in the next ten years until friction occurs between China and South Korea.
As he was approaching SM Company, Xu Kun received a long-distance call from Zhu Yawen from China.
This time when he came to Korea, Xu Kun did not bring Zhu Yawen or Huang Bin with him. Huang Bin went to assist Li Yixiang in the public casting of "The World of Escorts".
Zhu Yawen found Doudou, the author of "The Distant Savior" through the publishing house, and planned to buy the film and television adaptation rights of this book.
After discussing it in detail, I discovered that the script had been sold at the end of last year.
It seems that there are quite a lot of people in the industry who know the goods - you know, this book only went on sale in May last year.
Originally, Xu Kun was about to give up this script with regret, but then he heard Zhu Yawen say: "However, the film and television company that bought this drama encountered some problems during the filming process, and the crew has temporarily stopped. , and even had a conflict with the author."
"Why?"
Xu Kun suddenly became energetic, and he guessed the answer before Zhu Yawen could reply: "Yes. Isn’t it because of the outrageous remarks in the book? ”
"It's because of this that when the author signed the contract with the crew, he specifically emphasized that he hoped to preserve the original flavor of the book as much as possible, and the crew agreed. However, after the filming started at the beginning of the year, he found that there were a lot of problems. He was afraid that he would not be able to pass the review in the future, so he had to temporarily stop production. "
Many of the dialogues in "The Distant Messiah" are in-depth discussions of social contradictions and traditional culture. Many topics are relatively sensitive, and it is indeed easy to tread the line when filming the original version.
“Then what does the author think now?”
Xu Kun asked: “If we are willing to film it as it is, will she be willing to file a lawsuit to get the copyright back?”< br>
“It’s hard to say, after all, they have already invested part of it, and they definitely don’t want the money to go to waste—and Brother Kun, if we really shoot it according to the original flavor, I’m afraid we really won’t be able to pass it. Review.”
"You don't have to worry about this."
Xu Kun said decisively: "You should discuss it with the author first and tell her that in addition to changing the protagonist of this drama to Meng Hao, her lines that analyze society, I won’t change a word!
I’ll ask Lao Jia to send someone to contact the crew later. We’ll use a two-pronged approach, with a stick and a carrot. As long as the amount isn’t too big, I’ll take it! < br>
By the way, remember to find out first which company the investor of this drama is.”
Xu Kun had discussed with Jia Yueting before that it would probably be about 10 years at the latest in China. If copyrights are tightened, then it will be the best time for LeTV to go public and make money.
In order to increase the popularity, the film will be filmed at that time and broadcast directly on the Internet - and the film "How the Bad Guy Was Made" will also be filmed together at that time, so that it can be enjoyed by both refined and popular people.
(End of this chapter)