Chapter 290 Lee Soo Man's Invitation
Hearing that it was another President Lee, Xu Kun couldn't help but wonder: "What is the relationship between this President Lee Soo Man and the previous President Lee Mi Kyung?"
"Uh~ It shouldn't matter."
Han Geng then remembered that he was so busy getting closer to Xu Kun that he forgot to explain his identity.
At this time, Lee Soo Man also saw Xu Kun, so he bowed from a distance and said, "Hello, Mr. Xu, I am Lee Soo Man, the president of SM Entertainment."
Another Korean who can speak Chinese.
Han Geng explained quietly, "I'm not actually from CJ, but an artist from a boy band under SM Entertainment. This time, President Li sent me here to translate for you."
“Are SM and CJ on good terms?”
"Well, I don't know either, but Korea is so small, and they're all in the entertainment industry, so they should all be somewhat connected, right?"
Xu Kun nodded slightly, then took the initiative to walk towards Lee Soo Man - since the other party had come to him, he should at least find out his intentions first.
"Hello, President Li."
When Xu Kun was in Beijing, he was used to addressing strangers of some status as "you", but he was not so attentive when it came to the Koreans.
Lee Soo Man excitedly shook his hand, first said a few words in broken Chinese, and then switched to gibberish Korean.
It seems that his Chinese level is much worse than Jin Jidong. He can only say some simple polite words and gets stuck when it comes to something a little more complicated.
Han Geng hurriedly translated. It turned out that what Lee Soo Man meant was that he had heard of Xu Kun from his artists as early as last year.
But at that time he had no idea that Xu Kun would create another movie-watching miracle so soon.
"You are young and promising. You are really young and promising!"
Lee Soo-man said this directly in Chinese.
"President Li, you are overpraising me."
Xu Kun smiled and said, "I'm just lucky."
When Han Geng translated it into Korean, Lee Soo Man immediately shook his head like a rattle and said a lot of nonsense.
"Teacher Lee Soo Man said that he has some understanding of your operations in China, which are quite professional and sophisticated. He also saw the importance of the Internet to idol artists. Well, he said that although you are certainly not an idol, the way you operate is something that idols can learn from."
After Han Geng finished translating, Lee Soo Man said in a strange Chinese accent: "Mr. Xu, I hope you can come in person to see our achievements in learning from you."
It has actually only been three months since Xu Kun started to mobilize the fan economy.
No one in China has figured this out yet, but the Koreans claim to have achieved some results, which aroused Xu Kun's interest.
After talking with CJ staff, he found out that the next 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, so what’s so good about the fake one?
The second wave of Korean wave had just started in 06, and it was still a year or two away from becoming really popular, so Koreans are not that arrogant towards Chinese people yet.
What's more, Xu Kun was the distinguished guest picked up by Li Meijing in person, so the CJ staff did not dare to stop him, but just secretly called his superior to report.
Sitting in Lee Soo-man's car on the way to SM Entertainment, I listened to him talking about himself and the indissoluble bond between SM and China.
SM does indeed attach great importance to the Chinese market. The earliest HOT, the later Shinhwa, and the very popular TVXQ in the past two years, were all sent to China by SM for exchanges.
The girl group was launched in the first half of last year and was sent to China by SM for a promotional tour shortly after its establishment. As a result, half a year wasted without making any splash.
Lee Soo Man invited Xu Kun to the concert this time to check the pulse of the girl group and see what they lacked that prevented them from being loved by Chinese audiences. Lee Soo Man spoke very fast, and in order to do a good job of translation, Han Geng even had to kneel on the passenger seat and lean his head to the back seat.
After listening to his translation, Xu Kun was confused. What is a music tour?
"It means collaborating with dance troupes from all over the country to perform and accumulate fame. Unless Korean idols become popular right from the start, they have to accumulate their popularity through music tours."
Now Xu Kun finally understood why SM company did not make any waves.
Local dance troupe?
How many people can pay attention to that thing?
Besides, South Korea is so small that Seoul accounts for one-fifth of the world's population. If you travel back and forth in this city to promote your songs, you will definitely accumulate some fans over time.
But if you apply this approach to China...
You may not be able to visit all the cities above the third tier in half a year.
Even if someone listened to your concert and thought it was good, how many people would chase you all over China just for a chance encounter?
Besides, Xu Kun had personally experienced how deep the water of performing for money was. They were only able to rely on the fact that they were foreigners, otherwise Xu Kun would have doubted whether they could have come back safe and sound.
However, Xu Kun had no intention of telling Lee Soo Man these things.
It would be better if Koreans could never enter the Chinese market.
Unfortunately, Xu Kun’s words do not count. Judging from the current situation, Korean Wave will definitely gradually invade the country in the next ten years until friction arises between China and South Korea.
When he was almost at SM company, Xu Kun received a long-distance call from Zhu Yawen in China.
This time when he came to Korea, Xu Kun did not bring either Zhu Yawen or Huang Bin. Huang Bin went there to assist Li Yixiang and conduct an open casting for "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".
Zhu Yawen found Dou Dou, the author of "The Faraway Savior", through a publishing house and planned to buy the film and television adaptation rights of the book.
After a detailed discussion, we found out that the script had already been sold at the end of last year.
It seems that there are quite a few people in the circle who know what this book is - you know, this book was only put on sale in May last year.
Xu Kun was about to give up the script with regret, but then he heard Zhu Yawen say, "However, the film and television company that bought the drama encountered some problems during the filming process. The crew has temporarily stopped working, and there was also a conflict with the author."
"Why?"
Xu Kun suddenly perked up. Before Zhu Yawen could reply, he guessed the answer: "Is it because of the outrageous remarks in the book?"
"It was because of this that when the author signed the contract with the crew, he specifically emphasized that he hoped to keep the original flavor of the book as much as possible, and the crew also agreed. However, after filming started at the beginning of the year, they found that there were some major problems. They were afraid that it would not pass the review in the future, so they had to temporarily stop the filming."
Many of the dialogues in "The Faraway Savior" are in-depth discussions of social contradictions and traditional culture. Many of the topics are quite sensitive, and it would be easy to cross the line if the film was shot according to the original version.
"So what does the author think now?"
Xu Kun asked, "If we are willing to film the film as it is, will she be willing to sue to get the copyright back?"
"It's hard to say. After all, they have already invested a part of the money, and they definitely don't want it to go down the drain. And, Brother Kun, if we really shoot it according to the original taste, I'm afraid it really won't pass the review."
"You don't have to worry about that."
Xu Kun said decisively: "You should discuss it with the author first and tell her that, apart from wanting to change the protagonist of this play to Meng Hao, I will not change a single word of her lines analyzing society!
I'll ask Lao Jia to send someone to contact the crew later. We'll use a two-pronged approach, using a stick in one hand and a carrot in the other. As long as the amount is not too large, I'll take the deal!
By the way, remember to find out which company is the investor of this drama."
Xu Kun had previously discussed with Jia Yueting that copyright regulations in China would probably be tightened in about 10 years at the latest, and that would be the best time for LeTV to go public and raise money.
In order to create more hype, it would be a good time to film "The Way of Heaven" and broadcast it directly on the Internet - and the movie "How to Be a Villain" would also be filmed at the same time, so that both the elite and the masses can enjoy it.
(End of this chapter)
