Chapter 301: The Iceberg Princess's Mental Journey

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In addition to having more topics in common, most women are usually a little wary and reserved when they first come into contact with strangers of the opposite sex.

For example, Liu Kewei, Che Guanglong and Duan Shanshan, they could go to the Internet café together on the first day they met, and when they came back, they went to supper together and drank some wine.

If any of them were Wakazakura, it would be almost impossible for this to happen.

Liu Kewei and Jessica, a Celestial Empire IT man, and a top Korean idol, why did the latter suddenly come to Liu Kewei on a whim to talk about some more "sensitive" topics?

Looking back at the beginning of the intersection of the two, the first meeting at Naxon. Because the language barrier in Chinese was relatively large when he first came to Korea, Liu Kewei chose to communicate with Jessica and Tiffany in English, so Jessica was one of the members of the group who talked to him the most that day.

The second meeting was a signing session, and as a member of the Appearance Association, Jessica could recognize Liu Kewei at a glance, who had only met once before, which showed that this person did leave some rare impressions on her.

The most important thing is that in these two contacts, Liu Kewei, Yun'er's only meal, always has Yun'er alone in his eyes, which is a conclusion that all the members of the team, including the agents present, can easily come to when they are young.

The psychological impact of this first impression is subtle - because it is not herself who eats but another member of the group, Jessica may feel a little lost in her heart, but because of this, her defenseiness against Liu Kewei as a stranger of the opposite sex has also dissipated.

This guy isn't eating with me, so it's unlikely that he'll have any intentions against me, right?

It is not surprising that such a "corollary" would be drawn.

The third meeting was Xiuying's birthday party. Although Liu Kewei was a little drunk at the beginning, and then thought it was funny to use the stalk of climbing the wall to almost provoke the young people collectively, but later revealed the "truth" and learned that he was just joking, but he was more impressed by him.

Then I went to the practice room, because Liu Kewei was "picky" about Xu Xian, and Jessica almost quarreled with them, but that was more of a misunderstanding. Thinking about it afterwards, Naxon and the others should not be malicious, and judging from Xu Xian's own reaction, she didn't take it to heart at all, and Jessica naturally stopped being angry.

Another opportunity to change the relationship between the two parties is the singing skills shown by the song sung by Liu Kewei, as well as his calm attitude towards the difference between the status and situation of producers and idols, Jessica feels that this person can be regarded as half a peer to get along, so she will reverse the previous antagonistic attitude, and be the first to stand up and affirm Liu Kewei's singing skills, and even said that he "has a lot of room for improvement, if you practice well for a while, you may be able to make your singer debut."

Unlike Duan Shanshan, who was sent to S.M. for the sake of "execution", he assisted Kim Jung-bae and Kenzie and Taeyeon in arranging, soundtrack production, and cover work, so they had the opportunity to further contact Taeyeon, Seo Hyun, and so-young. The intersection between Liu Kewei and his youth, so far, there have only been those three meetings, and the relationship with them will naturally be slightly more distant than Duan Shanshan.

Among the members of the young age, Jessica's attitude towards Liu Kewei is probably the friendliest.

As a game producer, his status in Korean society is not inferior to that of an idol, because his life is someone else, so he does not pose a threat to himself, his singing skills are even better than ordinary idols, and his appearance is quite eye-catching...... With so many "advantages", it is not surprising that Jessica, who has always been cold and arrogant, can "look the other way" at Liu Kewei.

In Jessica's view, the company's strategic plan for the development of the young time is actually debatable - the Korean market is the foundation of the young time, and it is not easy to successfully reach the top, so naturally it cannot be easily given up. However, in the two different overseas markets of Japan and Celestial Empire, Jessica felt that the company's existing considerations were not reasonable.

Yes, it is true that the Japanese record industry is easier to make money than the Celestial Empire, but the income from records is not a big head for idol artists, right?

Japan has a longer history of entertainment culture than South Korea, and it also has an advantage over South Korea in terms of strategic depth and talent pool. Korean idol artists have really beaten Japanese idols, and for so many years, there has only been a lone precedent for TVXQ in its complete form.

In front of the AKB48 series, which has the three advantages of the right time, place and people, it is almost an impossible task for Girls' Generation to reach the top of the idol girl group supreme in Japan. Even they may not be able to fight Kara, another Korean girl group that has shifted their main focus to Japan.

Under such circumstances, continuing to intensify the development of the Japanese market will at best only be exchanged for the result of "protecting three and competing for two".

On the other hand, in the Celestial Empire, in the field of idol girl groups, is there an opponent who can match the young time?

For well-known reasons, the group suspended its activities in 2008, and although it announced its comeback last year, its influence and popularity are not as good as before.

The group S.H.E.?® announced last year that it would "fly solo and not disband". Moreover, for them who have debuted for eleven years, no matter how you look at it, they are past their peak.

In addition to these two predecessor groups, there is no third female idol group with the same level of influence and popularity in the huge Celestial Empire market.

The answer is also obvious: just last year, the Celestial Empire's GDP surpassed Japan's for the first time, reaching $100 million, second only to the only superpower on the planet, and Japan ranked third with $5,474.2 billion.

You must know that the above data only includes the mainland, and if you add Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, the total GDP of the four regions across the Taiwan Strait is 100 million US dollars.

Moreover, in the foreseeable future, the gap between the Celestial Empire and the United States will be further narrowed, and conversely, the gap between Japan and the Celestial Empire will also be further widened.

This is almost a definite public opinion in the world, and no one can deny it.

Well, by the way, the Republic of Korea is fifteenth on this list with $100 million, which is about one-sixth or one-fifth of the Celestial Empire or Japan.

In this context, S.M.'s development strategy for Girls' Generation naturally makes Jessica disagree.

Although there is no research on the idioms of the Celestial Empire, she has really had a lot of ideas such as "giving up the easy to take the difficult", "giving up the near and seeking the far", "giving up the high and the low", and "rather being a cocktail than a crested head".

The most intuitive expression of her resistance to this idea is that before officially entering the Japanese market, S.M. asked the young members to concentrate on making up for Japanese, and Jessica was the only one in the team who did not speak.

As the Japanese language leader in the group, Xiuying commented on this: "If you want to learn Jessica, I don't expect it......"

Jessica's official response was: "I think I'm saying it well, it's just that I don't want to say it!"

This uncooperative attitude is actually one of the evidences that Jessica is "uncontrollable" in the eyes of S.M.'s management.

With the direct character of single-celled organisms that laugh when they are happy and blackface when they are angry, since they have doubts about the future development, it is natural to want to find someone to ask.

So, the young and game producer from the Celestial Empire in front of her just got into her eyes.

was very unexpectedly asked by Jessica, and Liu Kewei was a little confused for a while.

Is the combination of Girls' Generation optimistic enough in the Celestial Empire market?

My mother, you threw such a big topic like this, and you are not afraid of crushing me to death? I am not a senior practitioner in the entertainment industry, how could you think of asking me this level of doubt? Doesn't your S.M. company have an expert think tank such as a strategic development consultant?

Liu Kewei's heart instinctively beat the drum, just wanted to excuse himself, looking at Jessica's blank and helpless (or empty) expression, his heart softened, and he couldn't help but want to say a few words of comfort and encouragement.

"Jessica West, first of all, I want to say that I'm not a professional, and my opinion is probably completely unreliable - I just say that, and you can just listen to it. ”

Jessica kept a blank expression and nodded slowly.

"I think the environment and characteristics of the entertainment industry in the Celestial Empire are very different from those of Japan and South Korea. Because of the national conditions, singers and artists may not make much money by releasing albums, and they have to post them upside down if they don't do it, which is a fact. But on the other hand, fans of the Celestial Empire may be more tolerant and loyal to their idols......"

"I don't really understand what you mean. Jessica interrupted Liu Kewei to show that she was listening and analyzing.

"For example, in the Celestial Empire, when idols fall in love or even get married, the attitude of fans will be much more tolerant than that of Japan and South Korea. Probably because our country's territory is too vast, most fans may not be able to see their idols a few times in their lives, so this sense of distance determines that the fan group's 'exclusivity' psychology of idols is not strong, of course, there will be extreme cases, but in most cases, idols fall in love or even get married, as long as the object is a good match, fans are usually optimistic about the blessing attitude. I won't talk about male artists. Among the female artists, Guan Zhilin and Zhao Yazhi got married early; in terms of singers, Faye Wong is quite young when she gets married; in recent years, there are Yao Chen, Bai Lily, etc., although the results may not all be good, but at least the marriage has not had much impact on their careers. ”

"Secondly, fans of the Celestial Empire, many people are the type of 'eating you for a while, thinking about you for a lifetime', like I eat Zhang Yusheng, Che Biao Cheung, and Duan Planner Zheng Zhihua, two of these three artists have even passed away, but we often listen to their old songs, or rewatch the movies they participated in. It is precisely because of this that many old artists who have left the front line of the entertainment industry in Hong Kong and Taiwan can continue to thrive when they develop in the mainland. ”

"Therefore, I personally think that in the development prospects of the Celestial Empire market, it should be divided into two aspects: short-term and long-term, and the short-term benefits may not be too obvious, but in the long run, the Celestial Empire market can allow many artists to continue their professional life. And for artists, especially idol artists, the pressure will be much, much less than in South Korea and Japan. ”

Liu Kewei finally ended her talk, and Jessica had a thoughtful expression, and after a long silence, she said something completely irrelevant:

"Thank you for your comments. Liu Production, in the future, you can call me Sika, or Xiuyan. ”