Chapter 421 Do you know how long I listened at the door of your room last night?
The next morning.
A Linhe breakfast shop near the hotel.
Huang Xu came to a dining table carrying a huge tray.
Seeing his indifferent figure still wearing sunglasses when he came back with a lot of breakfast, he couldn't help but frowned.
"Sika, won't you help carry it?"
"Uh~~, sorry!"
Zheng Xiuyan, who was a little distracted just now, looked up and saw Huang Xu standing next to him, as well as the various breakfasts piled up like a hill in his hands, and she was also a little embarrassed.
He quickly stood up and helped Huang Xu put everything on the table.
Then, Huang Xu pointed at the sumptuous breakfast on the dining table and introduced them one by one:
"This is the beef rice noodles here, and these are glutinous rice balls, glutinous rice balls stuffed with meat."
"By the way, this needs no introduction. It's a fried dumpling, but what's different from Seoul is that it's not vermicelli but filled with meat."
"Thank you."
Listening to Huang Xu's introduction, Jessica nodded to express her gratitude, but she seemed a little absent-minded.
When Huang Xu saw her like this, he didn't say anything. After the introduction, he started to taste it.
Yesterday, he first went to meet Jia Yueting early in the morning, then rushed here to meet Sunny and Kim Taeyeon, and worked hard all night again.
Now my stomach is already empty, and I urgently need a lot of food to fill my stomach.
As for Jessica opposite him, Huang Xu couldn't care less about it now.
However, just when Huang Xu was concentrating on cooking, Zheng Xiuyan looked at his appearance, and an unknown fire suddenly arose in her heart.
After all, she is also a well-known idol goddess, and she came here specifically to find him. Why do she treat herself with such an attitude?
So he asked Huang Xu directly.
"Huang Xu, don't you want to know what happened to me today?"
"What do you want from me?"
When Huang Xu heard Zheng Xiuyan's question, a smile appeared on his lips.
This morning, he was exhausted due to the hard work last night, so he went out early to find something to eat, and helped Sunny and Kim Taeyeon buy breakfast.
What he didn't expect was that as soon as he went downstairs, he happened to bump into Jessica, and she said she wanted to talk to him.
So the current situation happened.
But before his smile fully bloomed, it disappeared directly because of Jessica's words and moved to Jessica's face.
"What? What did you say?"
"I said, you went to find Taeyeon last night."
"Why did you go to see her?"
"Isn't it inappropriate to go over to see Taeyeon by yourself so late?"
Seeing the shocked expression on Huang Xu's face, Zheng Xiuyan raised the corners of her mouth and stared at Huang Xu intently.
When Huang Xu was stared at by Zheng Xiuyan, he was stunned, and at the same time, his brain was running rapidly.
"When I went to find Taeyeon yesterday, did she see me?"
"Shouldn't it?"
"I remember that when I passed by, I took a special look and saw no one?"
Although he was still very confused, Huang Xu did not show it, but quickly found a reason.
"Uh~~, yes."
"After I came back with Sunny yesterday, I went over to look for Taeyeon."
"Huh~?"
Seeing Huang Xu admit it so readily was a bit beyond Jessica's expectations.
But she, who had confirmed her suspicion last night, would not give up so easily, and then asked Huang Xu.
"Then what do you want to do with Taeyeon?"
"Where's sunny? Why isn't she with you?"
"Isn't it a bit inappropriate to come to your door alone in the middle of the night to find an idol from a girl group?"
"Of course I have something serious to do with her!"
Seeing Jessica being so unwilling to give up, Huang Xu could only explain the reason that he had just thought of.
"I went to see her yesterday to explain to her some precautions for your subsequent itinerary and let her prepare in advance."
"Our itinerary?"
"Yes, you should still remember that I bought Tara and the others, right?"
"Well, you told me."
"After buying them, didn't I ask them to focus on the Chinese market?"
"But you also know that I have never worked in a brokerage company before, so I met Teacher Li Xiuman through Sunny."
"Now I am going to set up a new company with your company to be responsible for some of the activities of you people in China."
"I."
Huang Xu simply told Jessica about the fact that he wanted to cooperate with Li Xiuman and found a Chinese entertainment company to jointly develop their Chinese itinerary.
In fact, he didn't originally plan to talk to Jessica about these things.
But now we can only throw out this bombshell news to see if we can divert Jessica's focus.
Fortunately, the final result did not disappoint Huang Xu. After listening to Huang Xu's explanation, Jessica showed a shocked expression.
He asked, pointing to Huang Xu in disbelief.
"You are saying that the new company you established will be responsible for our next contract in China."
"And you are going to become our new boss next?"
"Well, you are right to say that."
Seeing that Zheng Xiuyan's attention was diverted, Huang Xu smiled and nodded, then lowered his head to enjoy the food again.
Jessica, on the other hand, was stunned for a while, then looked at Huang Xu with a complicated expression.
She didn't expect that she wanted to ask about the situation between him and Kim Taeyeon, but she accidentally got such heavy news.
The company will enter China next, and their next work focus will also begin to tilt towards China.
This caught her off guard.
If there is anyone among SM artists who has a better understanding of China's entertainment market and has been observing it for a long time, then she must be on the list.
It is precisely because of this that she contacted the capital and companies in HK, just to make progress in this area.
As a result, I didn't expect that this opportunity would come so suddenly and unprepared.
So after she calmed down, she looked at Huang Xu expectantly.
"Huang Xu, since you have negotiated with Teacher Li, when will we officially start entering China?"
"And if we march into China, what preparations have we made?"
"Why, are you so anxious?"
"And didn't you just finish recording the show two days ago?"
Looking at Jessica, who was full of expectations and even a little anxious, Huang Xu responded with a smile.
Faced with Huang Xu's smile, Jessica waved her hand directly.
"You know that's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about whether the company has any publicity plans next."
As an old person in the entertainment industry who has been in the entertainment industry for six years, she is not very clear about the various ways in the entertainment industry, but she also has some understanding of them.
According to the current normal operation of brokerage companies, when they launch their own newcomers, or idol groups, they will build momentum long in advance.
Some even start when recruiting staff.
The purpose is very simple, just to let your artists have a certain number of fans before they debut.
Then when you make your official debut, you can directly skip the rookie stage, or even directly become a popular artist. The junior group EXO they launched two years ago used this model.
So what she really wanted to ask was whether the company had any other arrangements besides letting them appear in the variety show recorded two days ago.
If what Huang Xu said is true, then he should know about some internal promotion plans.
And she might be able to get more publicity resources through Huang Xu.
But what she doesn't know is that the cooperation between Huang Xu and SM Company is still only verbal between him and Lee Soo Man.
As for the publicity and promotion resources she mentioned, they are still just a bubble now.
Belonging to the moon in the mirror, everything is still unknown.
So Huang Xu could only answer vaguely.
"Don't worry, the new company is still in preparation."
"Many things are just an intention now, and specific conditions need to be negotiated slowly."
"Is that so?"
Zheng Xiuyan looked at Huang Xu with some disappointment. She just saw Huang Xu saying so definitely and thought that everything was already confirmed.
Nothing is determined in the end?
Huang Xu looked at Jessica's disappointed expression and broke the news again.
"Although your affairs are not yet confirmed, Tara and the others have already figured it out."
"Yesterday morning, I have found a partner in China and have discussed a preliminary publicity plan."
"They will use the variety show you recorded two days ago, plus their group variety show, to promote it on one of the largest video websites in China."
"In addition to online promotions, there will be five to six TV stations waiting for them."
"And their new album will also be promoted simultaneously in China."
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"That's great."
Listening to Huang Xu's arrangements for Tara and the others, Jessica was also a little envious.
If Huang Xu can really realize the arrangements he mentioned, although it is a conventional girl group debut process, not everyone can have this kind of process.
In South Korea, if you want to have this level of publicity resources, you basically don’t have to think about it other than the core girl groups of big companies like them.
Variety shows make appearances, group shows attract fans, and albums are consolidated.
Although these three tricks are old-fashioned, they are indeed the most useful methods.
As long as the group's strength is not particularly bad, it will be seen by a large number of viewers in a short period of time as soon as it starts, and the original fan group will eventually be selected from them.
It's just that she is still a little confused now.
"How did you get such resources?"
"I don't think you have the resources or connections in this area?"
"Is it necessary to say it so bluntly?"
Hearing Zheng Xiuyan's doubts, Huang Xu was not angry, but his slightly proud smile turned into a bitter smile.
"These resources are all because the new company has to rely on a big boss, and he will also take away a large part of the company's income."
"Otherwise, how could I possibly arrange so many things."
"I said so!"
When Jessica saw Huang Xu's wry smile, she nodded to show her understanding.
As someone who has known Huang Xu for more than half a year, she has no doubts about Huang Xu's ability.
After all, he is a man who has made his way to Seoul by himself and has a considerable net worth.
But the resources he just mentioned are indeed not something that ordinary people can exchange.
Only by following what he said, defecting to a certain party's boss and handing over most of the proceeds can he do this.
But then, she looked at Huang Xu again.
"Are you willing?"
"The artist is yours and the variety show is produced by you, but you have to take away most of the proceeds. Are you willing?"
"Have you never thought of other ways?"
"Other ways?"
After Huang Xu heard Zheng Xiuyan's doubts, he looked at her with teasing eyes.
"Sika, do you still remember the situation I analyzed with you a few months ago?"
"China's entertainment industry is an extremely exclusive closed circle."
"If there is no one to help make connections and no one to support you, do you think you can survive?"
"But."
"Stop being so cool, this is reality."
"Stop talking about me. Even if you are SM, even if you are Lee Soo Man, if you want to enter the circle, you must abide by the rules in this regard."
"And don't talk about you outsiders, just talk about the Hong Kong area you want to choose. How long do you think they can live in the mainland now?"
"They are just hanging on to the afterglow in front of them."
"In two years, they will know what cruelty is."
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After listening to Huang Xu's words, Jessica immediately fell into silence.
It's not that she doesn't understand what Huang Xu said.
A few months ago, after Huang Xu explained it to herself in Bingcheng, she subsequently learned about the Chinese entertainment industry through various channels.
Knowing that what Huang Xu said was not wrong, he even felt a little relaxed about what he said.
The real entertainment industry is even more cruel than what Huang Xu said.
It was just understanding, but she still felt a little aggrieved.
Looking at Zheng Xiuyan's aggrieved look, Huang Xu also smiled and explained.
"Why, you can't stand it?"
"With your mentality, you still thought about leaving the company and starting your own business?"
"You are lucky if you are not eaten dry."
"Yeah~~"
When she heard Huang Xu teasing her, Jessica didn't care about feeling aggrieved, she just stretched out her legs and wanted to kick Huang Xu to vent her anger.
Unfortunately, her kick was easily dodged by Huang Xu, who was well prepared.
But then Huang Xu did not continue to stimulate Zheng Xiuyan, but said something mysteriously.
"And how do you know that I will choose to hand over the proceeds honestly?"
"Is my money so easy to get?"
"Who will have the last laugh is still unknown."
"What?"
Seeing Huang Xu's mysterious appearance, Jung Soo-yeon naturally wanted to break the casserole and ask the truth.
It's a pity that at this time, Huang Xu just lowered his head and ate his breakfast, ignoring her inquiry at all.
Finally, seeing that there was really no other way out, Jessica resorted to her trump card and took off the sunglasses she had been wearing all morning.
Looking at Huang Xu with bloodshot eyes and dark circles, he asked gloomily.
"Huang Xu, is Taeyeon comfortable?"
"Did you and Taeyeon Sunny have fun last night?"
"Do you know how long I listened at the door of your room last night?"
(End of chapter)