Chapter 223 Did you receive the message?
"Okay, that's it for today. I'll have to continue to work hard on your next task."

After listening to Kim Tae-woo's story, Huang Xu drank the remaining coffee in the cup in one gulp and prepared to end today's meeting.

When Kim Tae-woo saw Huang Xu was about to get up and leave, he suddenly became anxious and said to Huang Xu.

"Boss, there is something else I want to report to you."

"Sure, go ahead."

"Some time ago, when I was investigating Kim Kwang-soo, many of the people I contacted were now looking for me to inquire about the company's situation."

"Oh, tell me in detail."

When Huang Xu heard this, he immediately became interested and wanted to hear what those people were looking for Kim Tae-woo for.

Moreover, these people are all practitioners in the industry, and their attitudes can more or less represent the views of the Korean entertainment industry on their company.

When Kim Tae-woo saw that Huang Xu was interested, he started to tell the story.

"The person who has been looking for me the most these days is Section Chief Liu from Mnet Media."

"Mnet Media's Section Chief Liu?"

"Yes, he is the one who came into contact with Kim Kwang Soo earlier."

"CJ's?"

"Yes, Mnet Media is a subsidiary of CJ."

"So he's looking for you?"

If Huang Xu just said that he was interested, then Huang Xu now was fully focused.

As the largest brokerage company in Asia in the future, and its parent group is also one of the top chaebols in South Korea, Huang Xu can't help but concentrate.

Especially the CCM company that he acquired, which was also taken away from them, so he needed to pay more attention to it.

Looking at Huang Xu's serious look, Kim Tae-woo quickly began to explain.

"Don't worry, he only came to me to inquire about James' identity and background, especially to understand his relationship with the garrison base. He didn't suspect anything else."

"That can't be taken lightly."

"I understand. That's why I invited James to the Longshan base several times in the past two days. When I chatted with him, I gave him some hints."

"Well, well done."

When Huang Xu heard this, the nervousness in his heart slowly relaxed a little, but he still said something to Jin Tae Woo.

"In the next period of time, let's try to meet as little as possible, and try to communicate by phone if there is anything."

"Understood. I will also be more careful during this period of time."

Kim Tae-woo nodded in agreement with Huang Xu's caution.

As a veteran who has been in the Korean entertainment industry for more than a decade, he has a clearer understanding of the power of CJ Group and knows how big the risks are.

So after nodding to Huang Xu, he began to talk about the other people who came to see him.

Although many people come to him, they can actually be roughly divided into two types.

One is that when they see that he has become the boss of a new agency, people who knew him before will come to him to try to establish connections, build relationships, and inquire about his background.

These people are old hands in the entertainment industry and have access to a lot of inside information every day. They saw that Kim Tae-woo and the people behind him actually brought the old-established agency and Kim Kwang-soo, a veteran figure in the Korean entertainment industry, under their command.

I just wanted to get closer to him and find out more about their background to see if there is any chance for cooperation in the future.

Another option is to come to him and see if his new company is short of people. If so, whether there is a chance for you to come over.

South Korea has a very perverted system, which is the senior-senior system.

Seniors have strong pressure and voice on those who enter the company later than themselves, or enter the circle later than themselves.

Of course, this situation actually exists in all East Asian countries influenced by Chinese civilization, but it is more serious in South Korea.

This also creates a problem, that is, as long as the seniors in front do not make mistakes and there are no vacant positions, the people who come in later, unless they have extraordinary abilities or a strong background, can only work honestly, step by step, and then slowly get through it with time.

The second group of people who contacted Kim Tae-woo were those who had good abilities in the company but were unable to be promoted due to institutional reasons.

Although the number of these people is not large, they cover a wide range of professions including artist agent, skill training instructor, makeup artist and stylist, and there are even a few TV station staff among them.

Generally speaking, people in Korean TV stations rarely resign.

After all, most of the TV stations in South Korea belong to the South Korean government or local governments, and they are also civil servants of the country, and it is rare for them to resign.

But this is not absolute, there are some exceptions.

That is, well-known program producers or screenwriters will be poached by some cable stations with extremely high commissions.

However, these people who were poached only enjoy treatment that only a very small number of people can enjoy, and this group of people have no worries about finding jobs.

Those who contacted Kim Tae-woo were all younger people, or outsourced personnel who did not have contracts with TV stations.

Although they also work within the TV station, they are not actually employees of the TV station. They can only be considered as outsourced laborers of the TV station and get paid based on the day they work.

When these people saw that Kim Tae-woo had set up his own agency, they wanted to test it out and see if they could work in the agency.

After all, they have worked in TV stations and know a lot of people. After joining the agency, they can actually play a significant role. It can be regarded as an ideal career transition for people like them.

And they don't actually have to look for Kim Tae-woo, but as long as they see a new company, or a new position, and there are people they know in the company, they will contact them. They are the type of people who will not hesitate to try.

As Huang Xu listened to Jin Taiyu's story, an idea suddenly came to his mind, but he hadn't thought it through yet, so he said to Jin Taiyu:
"You said there are quite a few people from the TV station. What do they do in there?"

"what do you do?"

Jin Taiyu was also a little curious at this time. Why did Huang Xu suddenly think of asking this? Didn’t he say he was not interested just now?

But the other party was his boss, and although he was curious, he quickly explained:

"Most of them are assistants of the program team, and some are makeup artists or writers."

"writer?"

"Yes, but these writers are different from those who write TV and movie scripts. They are the ones who can provide ideas for various variety shows and help the guests react better and even make timely adjustments during the show."

"I understand, but why do they want to come to the agency?"

Huang Xu listened to Jin Taiyu's explanation and understood their work content, but he was still curious about why these people came to the agency.

And what can they do after they come to the company?

Looking at the confused Huang Xu, Kim Tae-woo continued to explain.

"After they arrive at the company, they can provide some artistic training courses for the artists, and teach them when and how to react when on the show, so that those reactions are more real and easier to stand out, and they can add some shots and so on."

"And most importantly, because they have worked in the program crew, when their own artists are on the show, they can ask these people to come forward and ask the program crew to take care of their artists and add more shots or something like that."

"It can be said that they are actually quite popular in various brokerage companies."

"I probably understand."

After Kim Taeyeon's explanation, Huang Xu now had a general understanding of their roles.

To put it bluntly, it is because they can not only instruct the artists on various artistic reactions, letting them know how to grab the spotlight and increase the screen, but they can also take care of their own artists in some familiar programs.

It can be said that they kill several birds with one stone. No wonder the agency would choose them.

However, Huang Xu's purpose this time was not this, but something else, so he then asked Jin Taiyu:
“So can they make the show?”

"Producing a show?"

When Jin Taiyu heard this, he looked at Huang Xu with some confusion, obviously not expecting him to ask this question.

In fact, it is not uncommon for management companies to help their artists produce programs. It can even be said to be a very common thing. However, those programs are basically not produced by management companies alone. They are all co-produced through TV stations. Therefore, when he heard Huang Xu talking about producing programs, he hurriedly explained to Huang Xu:
"It's not that they can't do it, but they need a lot of other people to assist them. Moreover, most of the agencies produce in collaboration with TV stations. Very few agencies produce on their own."

"Why?"

"After the program is produced, it still needs a broadcasting platform, and we still need to find a TV station to cooperate with. And most importantly, if there is no participation from the TV station, whether they like the program we produce and whether they can broadcast it is another question, so."

"I see, I think I know what you mean!"

Huang Xu nodded, then spoke to Jin Tae Woo.

“If there’s the right writer, a writer who can make the show, then you take him back.”

"Okay boss, but how many do you need?"

"I don't know how many people would be suitable, so just recruit the number that can produce a variety show!"

"A writer who supports a variety show?"

Kim Tae-woo was shocked again by Huang Xu's words. He didn't expect that after he had already explained it, why would Huang Xu still make such a request.

After all, I have made it very clear just now. If there is no involvement of the TV station, it will be difficult for the company alone to control the scale of their shooting, and no TV station will be willing to broadcast such a program.

“Yes, writers who can support a show.”

Huang Xu looked at Kim Tae-woo who was shocked, and then made a request that made Kim Tae-woo even more shocked.

“In addition to writers, we also need to recruit a few photographers for outdoor shooting.”

"Do you want to produce your own variety show?"

Although Kim Tae-woo felt quite shocked at this time, when he heard that Huang Xu was recruiting a cameraman, he seemed to understand what Huang Xu wanted to do, and then he asked carefully.

"So if there is no TV station involved in the variety show you produced, where will it be broadcast?"

"Don't worry, you don't have to worry about the playback. Just follow my instructions."

"Okay, I will recruit people according to your requirements. Do you have a time limit for this matter?"

"As soon as possible, we will try to form a full program staff by June."

"Oh, and please help Tara and the others find a Chinese teacher so that they can learn Chinese as soon as possible."

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After finishing the conversation with Kim Tae-woo, Huang Xu went straight back to the apartment.

He just asked Kim Tae-woo to recruit production staff for the variety show, which was actually an idea that suddenly popped up in his mind.

According to his plan for Tara, their next album will focus on China and Japan.

These past few days, he has been thinking about how to promote them so that they can become famous in a short period of time and let more people know them.

But after thinking about it for a few days, it seems that there is no other way except relying on the quality of the songs and frequently appearing in various programs.

After all, they became famous in China in their previous lives thanks to the relationships with domestic brokerage companies and their frequent appearances on the major satellite TV stations’ ace variety shows, which opened up the situation.

The programs that Huang Xu still remembers include but are not limited to Day Day Up, One Step to the End, Let's Go Together, etc. Several of them even appeared on the Spring Festival Gala.

And the most amazing thing is that they also performed on the New Year's Eve Gala of Beijing TV Station, becoming the first Korean group to participate in China's Spring Festival Gala.

Huang Xu certainly wanted to replicate their successful path in his previous life, but he could only think about it.

Just because they were able to do it in their previous life doesn’t mean they can do it in this life.

I don't have the resources and background they had in my previous life. I don't have any connections or resources to push them up.

Huang Xu had originally been thinking about whether he should look for some partners in China to promote the product together.

As a result, I was reminded of this by Kim Tae-woo’s words today.

Since we don't have the resources to promote them to TV shows, why don't we produce some programs ourselves to help them promote?

Yes, I really don’t have the resources to help them appear on various variety shows to show their faces, but why do they have to appear on variety shows to show their faces?

2013 was the year when online videos in China really became popular.

The Wanhe Tianyi team, relying on a low-cost hilarious comedy, never expected that it would become an instant internet sensation.

Huang Xu was thinking, since I don’t have the ability to get them to participate in variety shows on major satellite TV stations, why can’t I shoot an online variety show specifically for China?

At this point in time, Korean variety shows are extremely popular in China, especially the well-known Korean variety shows such as Running Man. Although they have not officially entered China, it does not prevent many people from adding subtitles themselves and posting them on Chinese websites.

Therefore, Huang Xu thought about producing a promotional variety show specifically for Tara and others to help them increase their popularity in China.

In particular, Huang Xu thought of the fact that in his previous life, on various video platforms, there have always been a large number of foreigners who have been recording various videos in China, constantly praising Chinese food and various high-tech technologies in China, thereby obtaining traffic and then monetizing it.

It was because of them that Huang Xu came up with the idea of ​​producing his own variety show.

We found a group of professional variety show production crew members, plus the beautiful girl group idols like Tara. I believe that after the production, it should be liked by many people.

At the same time, Huang Xu also remembered the song they covered after arriving in China in their previous life.

So after returning to the apartment, Huang Xu took advantage of the fact that he had no inspiration in his mind and kept making various plans in his notebook.

By the time he finished the task and stopped, it was already evening. Looking at the thick stack of plans on the table, Huang Xu's face was filled with a satisfied smile.

"With this, they should be able to become popular soon."

But he had just sighed when he heard a signal from his stomach.

He had only had one meal today. From breakfast until now, he just drank a cup of coffee in the cafe, and then he has been busy in the apartment until now.

After receiving the signal from his stomach, Huang Xu got up and went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast.

Before he finished cooking, he heard a message alert from his cell phone.

But he didn't care about it, and had no intention of going over to check.

Although he is in South Korea now and it is only 2013, at this time, there are already many companies or enterprises that conduct SMS marketing.

If someone close to him wanted to contact him, they would probably call him directly, which made Huang Xu even less inclined to check the messages on his phone.

But just a few minutes after receiving the text message, Huang Xu's phone rang.

Hearing the phone ringing, Huang Xu frowned, stopped cooking, and found the phone next to him.

But when he saw the name displayed above, the slight dissatisfaction just now disappeared instantly. He answered the phone with a smile and said gently:

"Hola, why did you call me so early today?"

"Hey, Oppa, are you happy to receive my call? Did I disturb you?"

"That must be a happy thing!"

Listening to Goo Hara's voice on the phone, Huang Xu's smile became brighter.

"Hala can call anytime she wants."

"Hey, I love you, Oppa!"

Hearing Huang Xu's words, Goo Hara on the other end of the phone was also very happy.

However, what she said next made Huang Xu confused.

"Oppa, did you get the message?"

"information?"

(End of this chapter)