Chapter 370
The next day, eight o'clock in the morning.
Huang Xu and Li Xiuman stood by the window, looking at the black business car gradually going away, and asked curiously.
"Uncle, why don't you go and meet us together?"
"Aren't you going too?"
"And have you ever seen anyone negotiating? In the first negotiation, the boss was asked to come forward."
Li Xiuman rolled his eyes at Huang Xu, then turned away from the window and returned to the room to sit down at the tea table.
Then he picked up the tea box and waved to Huang Xu.
"Come, sit down and have some tea first. They won't be back for a while."
"By the way, what kind of tea did you make for me yesterday? It tastes pretty good."
"What's inside that black bag is Anhua black tea, a specialty of Hunan Province."
Huang Xu came and sat down opposite Li Xiuman, pointing to the tea box they drank yesterday.
Last night, after Huang Xu picked up the group of them at the hotel, he took them to taste special Hunan cuisine.
After it was over, he took Jin Taiyu to visit Li Sooman and discussed the specific negotiation arrangements.
There is no other way. Who allowed them to connect with the cultural and tourism department this time mainly because of the names of SM and Lee Soo Man.
SM Company, as one of the giants in the Korean entertainment industry, is much easier to use than his MBK.
Following Huang Xu's fingers, Li Xiuman took out the tea leaves. After a brief observation, he opened the tea bag and brewed it skillfully.
Although young people in South Korea rarely drink tea now, drinking tea is not unfamiliar to some older people.
Even South Korea imports large quantities of various tea leaves from China every year.
Huang Xu was not surprised when he saw Li Xiuman's skillful brewing technique.
Two minutes later, Huang Xu tasted the bright red and yellow tea soup, felt the mellow and long aroma of the fermented tea leaves, and nodded with satisfaction.
"Well, not bad. I feel like I can buy some to take back when I leave. Otherwise, it's not easy to buy tea of this quality in Seoul."
"Yes, China's tea is still better."
Li Xiuman also nodded in agreement, expressing his approval of Huang Xu.
Then the two started chatting on the topic of tea. It wasn't until ten minutes later, after the two had finished drinking tea, that Huang Xu suddenly remembered his doubts a few days ago.
"By the way, uncle, can I ask you a question?"
"Okay, is there anything you want to know?"
Li Xiuman looked at Huang Xu with a smile, showing an expression of knowing everything, and at the same time, a hint of curiosity flashed in his eyes.
He and Huang Xu had known each other for a few months and had met together several times.
But in his mind, although Huang Xu was young, he had a maturity that was beyond his age.
Now he suddenly had a question to ask himself, and he was quite interested.
When Huang Xu saw this, he didn't hide anything and directly talked about the doubts he had encountered in the past few days.
"Actually, a few days ago, when I was formulating Tara's future development plan, I suddenly discovered a problem."
"That's the average girl group fans. Most of them are male fans, and female fans only account for a small part."
"But your company's girl groups, whether it's Sunny or FX, seem to have a higher proportion of female fans than the average girl group."
“Especially Sunny, they have more female fans than male fans.”
"What's the reason for this?"
"This?"
Li Xiuman looked at Huang Xu with shock in his eyes and a hint of hesitation in his expression.
But looking at Huang Xu's eyes that were seeking knowledge, after thinking for a while, he asked:
"Why did you remember to ask this question?"
"Isn't it just for money?"
Huang Xu didn't hide anything. He stared blankly into Li Xiuman's eyes and began to tell.
"After I bought Tara and the others, I started collecting some information to formulate their future development plan."
"Of course, when collecting information, I also collected a lot of information from other girl groups as a horizontal reference. Then after seeing Sunny's information, I discovered the problem."
"General girl groups basically rely on male fans to support their market."
“But the spending power of male fans is completely incomparable to the spending power of female fans.”
“This is also an important reason why women’s groups cannot compare to men’s groups.”
"But Sunny is different. Not only do they have a huge number of male fans, but they also have a lot of support from female fans. Only then did their operating income exceed that of the boy band last year."
"So I just kept thinking, why is this?"
"But I thought about it for a long time and didn't get the answer, so I hope to get your answers."
"It seems you are really getting started."
After listening to Huang Xu's words, Li Xiuman did not directly answer Huang Xu's question, but looked at Huang Xu with emotion.
"I didn't expect that many people who have been in the industry for half their lives can't understand it as well as you, a person who has become a monk halfway, and can see the essence of things."
"It's not just luck that you have grown to where you are now."
"Uncle, you are so complimentary. I am still confused."
"No, you deserve this compliment."
"You can see the differences in fan groups and spending power, which exceeds that of most people."
Li Xiuman looked at Huang Xu with eyes filled with relief.
"As for you haven't figured it out yet, that's because you've only been in the industry for a short time. It won't take long for you to figure it out."
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Huang Xu was also a little embarrassed when Li Xiuman said this.
As a reborn person, he doesn't think that his ability is special, or that it surpasses many people.
At most, it's just a matter of hindsight, starting from the result and working backwards to the cause.
Li Xiuman looked at Huang Xu who was silent, poured a cup of tea for Huang Xu, and then explained slowly.
"The fact that they have so many female fans is mainly related to their personality."
"First of all, you have to change your thinking. You regard them as a commodity, a special commodity for consumers."
"As long as it is a product, there is a target customer."
"But normally, the target customers of boy bands are young girls who are chasing stars, so their image and personality are cool or handsome, sunny and female-oriented."
"Girl groups, on the contrary, need to show their charm and attract the love of male fans."
"But Sunny and the others are a little different. Before they formed a group, we made detailed character plans for them, and the route they took after their debut was also carefully considered."
"Including their song topics, the following"
".""So that's it!"
Listening to Li Xiuman's analysis, Huang Xu slowly showed an expression of realization.
It turns out that before Sunny and the others debuted, SM Entertainment treated them as commodities and gave them a super detailed development path, and also developed different personas based on their different personalities.
Even their songs and styles have been carefully considered, and many of them are about dreams, hope, self-improvement and independence.
It can be said that compared to other girl groups on the market today, those girl groups focus on the slutty and sexy style and have been trying to please men.
Girls' Generation has many things that women like, and it is more in line with women's preferences, and even conforms to the rise of Korean feminism.
This is why they are leading the women's team, and even overtaking the men's team to reach the top.
But when he learned this, Huang Xu suddenly felt numb.
He originally thought that as long as he figured out the reason, he could ask Tara to follow Girls' Generation's route and increase the proportion of female fans, thus cutting more leeks.
As a result, I now find that this matter is not that easy to handle, and Girlhood is not that easy to imitate.
Li Xiuman looked at Huang Xu's dull face and smiled softly.
Girls' Generation is one of his most successful works, and even if you know the inside story, it's not that easy to imitate.
As they grew up, it was by chance that they reached their current position.
If they are really so easy to imitate, then why don't you continue to train them?
Even now FX, after its debut, was given high hopes by the company and many strong trainees were added.
Although his current results are pretty good, there is still a big gap between his performance as a girl.
So he looked at Huang Xu's troubled expression and gently persuaded him.
"Okay, Xiaoxu, Sunny and her group have grown to where they are now due to too many coincidences. It's difficult to achieve by planning."
"And the Tara you bought now is not bad either. She has both good looks and strength."
"Even if it hadn't been for what happened last year, even if they have relatively few female fans, they would still attack Sunny and the others."
"That's right."
Huang Xu smiled bitterly and nodded.
He originally wanted to learn from SNSD, increase the proportion of female fans of Tara and others, and increase his income.
But now the hope is gone.
But thinking back to Tara's huge group of male fans, Huang Xu also began to think deeply.
Since there are no more female fans now, it seems that the only way out is to continue to delve into the male fan market.
Recalling the cheering slogans that sounded like military training in the video of Tara's previous concert, Huang Xu also gained a little more confidence.
Yes, the spending power of male fans is indeed not as strong as that of female fans.
But when the number of male fans reaches a certain level, it can also explode with shocking power.
For example, didn't Tara and the others improve their performance towards SNSD last year by relying on their male fans?
Moreover, in their previous lives, Cyndi Wang and Miyoriya, who had scripts for worshiping heaven, didn’t they both become famous directly because of their male fans?
Thinking of this, Huang Xu's face finally showed a smile.
Since Tara and the others were able to create a huge momentum in China in their previous life, in this life, with their help, they should be no worse than in their previous life.
Even I can make a fortune from them, so I won't lose money.
Following Huang Xu's smile, Li Xiuman's voice sounded again.
"What? Do you understand?"
"Well, I figured it out. Since female fans can only take advantage of the situation, then let's continue to exploit male fans."
"Now let's see how effective they are after being on the show."
"Don't worry, the effect should not be bad. They are really good-looking. After all, they are a rare group with perfect looks."
Li Xiuman said with emotion on his face.
"Speaking of which, you are really lucky to be able to take advantage of this opportunity to win over Jin Guangzhu and his company."
“Let’s not talk about his company’s affairs, let’s just talk about his personal ability, which is actually pretty good.”
“Training new people requires a better grasp of the market than most people.”
“I just don’t know how to run it, or I’m just too unlucky.”
"Yeah, I just don't know how to run it, or I'm just too unlucky."
Li Xiuman picked up the teacup, repeated Huang Xu's words, and then laughed out loud.
As an old rival for decades, he found that Huang Xu's evaluation seemed to be quite accurate.
If he didn't have such a problem, his CCM might really cause him a lot of trouble.
But it's okay now, he has been acquired, and it was his niece's boyfriend who acquired him.
"Nothing is permanent!"
After sighing, he also fell into silence.
Counting now, he has entered his seventies, and he doesn't have many friends who are still active on the front line.
While Huang Xu was sighing, a brand new idea suddenly came to his mind.
After thinking for a while, he said goodbye to Li Xiuman.
"Uncle, I may not be able to stay with you in the next two days. I have something to deal with."
"Oh~~"
"What? You don't care about the result anymore?"
Li Xiuman looked at Huang Xu in surprise, his eyes full of disbelief.
He was clearly paying attention to the outcome of this meeting before, so why did he suddenly want to leave now.
Huang Xu looked at Li Xiuman with a smile and said.
"It's not that they don't pay attention, but just like you said, they won't refuse this kind of win-win situation."
"At most, there are just some differences in details."
"The things I have to do when I leave now are more important than this, and speaking of it, they also have a lot to do with you."
"Really?"
Although Li Xiuman was confused as to what Huang Xu was going out to do, he looked at Huang Xu's confident smile and nodded lightly.
"I think if I ask you now, you won't tell me, so I won't ask."
"I just hope you don't keep me, an old guy, waiting too long."
"Don't worry, I will definitely give you a surprise."
After Huang Xu finished speaking and drank the tea in the cup, he stood up and left.
Then he returned to his room, thought about it for a while, and after feeling that it was feasible, he went to the room where Huang Chao was and said to him.
"Brother Chao, I need your help with something now."
(End of chapter)