Chapter 169: A Big Pot of Gold (I)
The Cannes Film Festival is becoming more and more lively, not only because Wang Kefan attracted a large number of singers and hundreds of thousands of fans, but also because of the several parades that broke out in Cannes. The parade scene was very large, some were anti-terrorism, some supported same-surname love, and some shouted for the disbandment of the Chinese men's football team.
Mr. Guo couldn't see the Chinese students losing their face abroad, so he stayed in Cannes for three days, listening to songs and watching movies all day long, and he was almost a little tired, so he proposed to leave. Xiao Gu then proposed to accompany his grandfather to go to a few more other countries, saying that it was rare to be able to leave the capital, and breathing more fresh air in Europe could be regarded as recuperating his body. Old man Guo had nothing to do anyway, so he agreed.
Before parting, Xiao Gu told Guo Yujing and others to send Old Man Guo back to China, and he would come back to join her immediately, with a consciousness similar to that of a dowry maid.
Wang Kefan's time on stage has been significantly reduced these days, and he only sings for more than an hour at night.
Wang Kefan has always lacked time to learn how to make music from others, and it is rare for so many musicians to be present these days, and the opportunity is rare, so he naturally will not miss it.
It's a pity that Wang Kefan obviously overestimated the teaching ability of this group of producers. Compared with Wang Kefan's teaching level, this group of guys who are very capable of writing songs are simply scum with a combat power of only 5 in terms of their talent for teaching others.
The first person Wang Kefan looked for was Jay Chou, and after chatting for more than half an hour, Dong Chou said the most: "Ouch, this question is very diao!" But when answering, he always said very fragmented and could not form a system, although he also talked about a lot of his personal experience and experience, but these things obviously only apply to Dong Zhou himself, but there is no specific help for Wang Kefan.
Jay Chou was busy, and Wang Kefan went to him again the next day, but there was no one left, and I don't know if he was scared away by Wang Kefan's extraordinary braggart skills the day before.
Wang Kefan then changed people and found Justin Bieber.
But this young and famous superstar is obviously more interested in Guo Yujing, and when he talks to Wang Kefan, his eyes never leave Guo Yujing's upper, middle and lower three ways. Wang Kefan could obviously see the dirty picture he was thinking about from Justin's obscene eyes, and after only sitting for more than ten minutes, he couldn't help but pull Guo Yujing away, saying in his heart that this guy really deserved to be dumped by his girlfriend.
People who engage in pop music can't be trusted, Wang Kefan thinks about it, and plans to spend some time making up for it, and then go to Hisaishi to discuss it.
As one of the judges of this year's jury, Hisaishi will not be able to meet with the award nominees alone until the end of the event. Guo Yujing said that she asked Wang Kefan to ask Han Shanping for a favor, but Wang Kefan refused. First, he is not familiar with others, and secondly, after all, Uncle Han is also considered to be half of the public, Wang Kefan didn't want to let Old Man Guo, who was watching the glacier from far away, misunderstand anything, so he gave up.
Anyway, the most important thing now is time, and when the film festival is over, he has the opportunity to learn from music masters from various countries.
As time passed, Wang Kefan's one-hour global live concert every day made his fame grow like a weed sprinkled with a super growth agent.
On the tenth day of the film festival, the first company finally sent someone to Wang Kefan to negotiate endorsements.
Pepsi has been able to maintain its vitality under the influence of Coca-Cola, in addition to the regular role of the market itself, it is obviously inseparable from its strong business operation ability.
With so many large companies in the world, if anyone has not seen Wang Kefan's commercial value until now, then the marketing director of this company should be fired on the spot. But the problem is that Wang Kefan's speed of fame is too weird, not long ago he was the public enemy of the whole of China, and in just a few days, he was on an equal footing with all world-class singers.
Let's just say that a few days ago, Taylor Swift was jumping and jumping on the stage with Wang Kefan in his arms, and no one in the United States said that Wang Kefan was unworthy, and there were even many netizens applauding on the Internet.
Coupled with Wang Kefan's status as a professor at Stanford University and a world-class academic master, it finally made the managers of major enterprises feel embarrassed.
A professor from a prestigious university who has just debuted, basically has no works, and has never won any awards, but is not inferior to any international first-line superstar in terms of popularity, what kind of price should be given to such a person?
Just when a large number of world-class companies were hesitating about what kind of contract to hand Wang Kefan, Pepsi was the first to come out.
Pepsi appeared to be very sincere this time, and directly sent Kevin Withers, executive director of marketing in Western Europe.
β¦β¦β¦β¦ The two parties agreed to meet at a place called "Little Islands Restaurant".
The owner was not afraid to die and laid down a group of reefs with an area of about 300 square meters, smoothed each reef, and built a bar and kitchen on the shore, and the dining tables were placed on the reefs that could only accommodate three or four people at most. The reef is connected with wooden planks and a few small lights on each reef, and when it gets dark, you will have a dreamlike wonderland feeling when you look at this small archipelago restaurant from a distance.
The only regret is that the waves here are sometimes big and small, and tourists sometimes eat while a wave hits, and even people bring rice to glow with the taste of the sea. Therefore, the locals will never come here to eat, and those who come to experience this lack of pleasure are all foreign tourists.
Kevin Withers is a typical American fat man, one person is equivalent to two people of normal stature, and the boss heard that two more people were coming, so he arranged him on the largest area of Reef 56. said that it was the largest, but in fact, it was only a few square meters in radius, and Kevin sat on it, so that others would worry that he would collapse the reef and fall into the sea.
It's just that Americans seem to be naturally interested in things that are dangerous but can't kill people, and Kevin took advantage of the fact that the guests didn't arrive, and happily took a selfie for about ten minutes, and was about to pass the photo to death, but heard a pure London accent in his ears......
"Hello, is this Mr. Kevin Withers?"
The big fat man in the suit looked up, and when he saw the woman standing next to the man who was talking, his eyes lit up first, and then he saw the man, but he was a little puzzled. But after all, it was an old Jianghu, and the big fat man immediately asked, "Are you Mr. Wang Kefan?" β
"Yes, it's me." Wang Kefan smiled slightly and said, "I look a little different from what I do on TV, right?" β
Kevin nodded, and Wang Kefan dispelled his concerns and said, "But Mr. Withers doesn't need to worry, if we can negotiate, if you want to ask me to shoot an advertisement at that time, the effect will definitely be the same as what you see on TV." β
When Kevin heard Wang Kefan say this, his expression relaxed slightly, and Wang Kefan introduced Guo Yujing at this time: "She is my fiancΓ©e and agent Guo Yujing." β
Kevin immediately stretched out his thick palm and said, "Ms. Guo, I'm very happy to see you." β
Guo Yujing gently shook hands with Kevin and sat down with Wang Kefan.
Although they both knew that they were going to negotiate a contract, both sides were very calm.
In Pepsi's view, asking Wang Kefan to endorse must bear a certain amount of risk, and Kevin, as an employee of the company, naturally has to be cautious, and must not put the issue of the contract on the table before the news is clearly inquired.
Wang Kefan and Guo Yujing are sincerely calm, two guys who are engaged in cultural communication at all, and they understand too well what celebrities are doing with corporate money. In the final analysis, whether the money given to celebrities by enterprises is worth it depends on two points. First, the popularity of the star, and second, the public image of the star. You don't even have to think about the work.
With Wang Kefan's current status as an international singer, a top scholar, and a first-class advertising master, it would be a joke to say that he can't maintain his popularity. What's more, the two of them have already come up with an excellent way to make the name Wang Kefan flourish for at least another hundred years under the current way of communication. Not to mention that if Wang Kefan really comes up with any works in the future, it will be even more amazing.
The big fat man picked up the glass, which was much smaller than his hand, and took a small sip of champagne, as if he were old friends with the two of them, and chatted about family life first.
"I heard that Mr. Wang is from Yuzhou?"
"Mr. Withers knows about Yuzhou?"
"I've heard that it seems to be a very remarkable city, called the Jews of the East, doing business everywhere, and doing a lot of business, I remember that there was an optical store opened by Yuzhou people near my house, and twenty years ago Yuzhou people almost monopolized our glasses business there. But not now, the anti-dumping measures of the US political axe are very harsh, and your price war is outdated. Kevin smiled slightly and asked, "Is Mr. Wang's family also in business?" β
"No, my parents are farmers."
"Oh?" Kevin Withers showed a hint of surprise on his face, "Isn't Yuzhou City a modern big city?" β
"Of course not." Wang Kefan said, "Last year, I took off my shoes and planted rice in the field, oh...... By the way, rice planting is a step in rice, my family's field is not large, my father and I can work completely with our hands, and the grain grown every year is just enough to meet the needs of a year. β
Kevin was a little dumbfounded, and said incredulously.
"Mr. Wang, it is really remarkable that you have been able to achieve what you have achieved in such a poor family."
Wang Kefan held Guo Yujing's hand and joked: "Actually, I eat soft." β
Kevin laughed and said, "No, no, Mr. Wang, I have heard your singing, I know that you are a very talented singer, just in terms of singing skills, I don't think MJ is as good as you." β
Wang Kefan said in his heart that his master thought the same way, but he maintained his usual modesty and cautiousness and said: "Mr. Withers is too praised, MJ is an emperor superstar who has made great contributions to world music, and with my current achievements, I can't compare with him." β
Kevin immediately said, "I'm sure you'll achieve the same level of achievement as him sooner or later." β
This time, Wang Kefan was no longer modest, just smiled and nodded.
(To be continued)