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Chapter 230: Money-minded

Park Bo-young may miss many business activities, but Kim Ki-hyun will not.

His schedule is now overflowing with itineraries both at home and abroad.

Media interviews, magazine cover shoots, seasonal promotions for endorsed products, new product launches, latest brand endorsements, advertising shoots, program recordings, etc.

So as soon as the crew finished filming, Jin Qixuan started working like clockwork.

At this moment, Lee Min Ho has officially announced that he will join the military service in November, causing an uproar among fans across the Internet.

Businesses also began to look for new spokespersons, and only a few brands with deep cooperation were willing to wait for him.

Through close contact earlier, Sheng Bingxu knocked five endorsements from Lee Minho and gave them to Kim Ki-hyun and Park Bo Gum.

Park Bo Gum took over the three food endorsements that Lee Min Ho had endorsed: Pizza Hut, Banana Milk, and Orion.

One of the gifts given to Jin Qixuan was Kia Motors’ latest SUV, the KX7, and the other was Etude House cosmetics.

The revenue for cars is 8 million per year, and the revenue for cosmetics is 5 million per year.

Kim Ki-hyun is not given any food endorsements because he has an uncle, Kim Jong-kook, who strictly forbids him to eat these calorie bombs, which can easily lead to unnecessary contract disputes.

The early negotiations did not go smoothly.

It was not until Gucci’s official announcement that Jin Qixuan’s net worth soared.

As a result, the negotiation process for Park Bo Gum's endorsement became smoother.

In addition, there are also products that actively seek Jin Qixuan to endorse.

One is Lion Beer, one of the two major local beer giants.

In the peninsula, there is a saying that men drink beer and women drink soju.

Generally, the most popular artists are the spokespersons.

For example, the Chulak Soju, which was originally endorsed by "National First Love" Bae Suzy for many years, recently replaced it with Kim Jennie from BLACKPINK.

As for the Jinro Soju endorsed by my wife.

Because she recently starred in "Scarlet Heart: Ryeo" and was mocked by netizens for being unsuitable for costume dramas and ruining the entire show, her career in the entertainment industry was hindered and her popularity declined slightly.

The brand is already preparing to contact a new spokesperson, who is rumored to be Hunter’s favorite female team leader.

Compared to the soju brand spokesperson, which changes every three to four years, beer changes its spokespersons very frequently.

Basically, it changes every year, and the male artist who endorses the brand every year is the most popular one of that year.

So far, no male artist has been able to endorse a product for two consecutive years.

Last year's spokesperson for Lion Beer was Song Joong-ki, and his one-year term has just expired.

Originally, Lion Beer wanted Park Bo Gum to take over from Song Joong Ki.

But after getting to know him, I found out that this guy is an alcoholic and gets drunk after three drinks.

Drinking is a must when shooting a beer commercial.

As you can imagine, after taking two photos here, Park Bo Gum staggered and lay down over there...

Therefore, Park Bo Gum is really not suitable for the heavy drinking style of Lion beer. After all, if you ask an artist who doesn't drink to endorse beer, I'm afraid he won't want to do it.

It just so happened that at this time Jin Qixuan emerged as a rising star and his popularity exploded.

So it is convenient for the brand to send someone to contact Jin Qixuan.

Later I found out that Jin Qixuan was also an alcoholic!
Damn, how did Blossom Entertainment sign you two weirdos?
Although Kim Ki-Hyun is also an alcoholic garbage, he is definitely better than Park Bo Gum.

Park Bo Gum was very polite and well-behaved when he was working, and the directors and actors were too embarrassed to bully him and force him to drink.

Jin Qixuan is different.

At every wrap party or gathering, everyone would find various ways to trick Jin Qixuan into drinking, and then he would have to lie down every time.

After so many times, Jin Qixuan's body has developed certain alcohol antibodies.

I can’t say more, but it is possible to speak normally after drinking two bottles of beer.

So in order to get this endorsement, Jin Qixuan even blew a can of beer in front of the brand's person in charge.

Then... I went to the toilet and vomited...

Although the process was a bit bumpy, Jin Qixuan finally successfully won the endorsement of Lion Beer.

After all, at this stage, Park Bo Gum and Kim Kye Hyun are the top 90 and 1 among the post-2s male actors. Apart from the two of them, there is no more suitable new generation of traffic for the time being.

If we wait for two months, Park Seo-joon, who became famous with "Fight for My Way", would be a good choice.

He is handsome and can drink, but his popularity is slightly inferior to Kim and Park.

But unfortunately, Song Joong-ki's endorsement expires in May, and "Fight for My Way" is scheduled to be aired in late May.

So, this wave can be regarded as picking a general from among the dwarfs...

In addition to beer, another luggage brand, Samsonite, also asked Jin Qixuan to be its spokesperson.

This brand, like Lion Beer, uses the most popular artists of all time as its spokespersons.

In Asia, Lee Min Ho, Kim Soo Hyun, Song Joong Ki, Kim Woo Bin, Dabaobei and Chen Huangdi have all endorsed it.

Therefore, there is a saying that whether an artist is popular or not depends on whether he/she has endorsed Samsonite.

This year, Samsonite launched a comprehensive brand rejuvenation strategy.

The actress signed in the mainland is Jing Baohe, who won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress for her performance in "Soulmate".

The ones who signed the contract on the Peninsula side are Kim Ki-hyun and Bae Suzy.

The title of all four people is the spokesperson for the entire Asia-Pacific region.

All four of them are new generation artists with quite good resources in the fashion circle.

Coupled with its extremely high popularity, it can perfectly showcase the brand's youthful fashion, which is in line with the brand's strategic plan this year.

Not to mention the ability to sell goods.

Whether in terms of appearance or figure, the combination of Kim Ki-hyun and Bae Suzy wins by a lot.

The endorsement fee given by Lion Beer is 6 million per year, and that given by Pibao is 8 million per year.

In addition to these four products that only top stars can endorse, there are two more products that Jin Qixuan has found to be the co-endors.

One is that Kim Ki-hyun and Han Hyo-joo are the spokespersons for the New World Duty Free Shop, with an annual salary of 6 million.

The other is a dog food advertisement co-endorsed with Park Bo Young, with each earning 3 million per year.

Well...it's the business that supports Kim Ki-hyun and Park Bo-young's "dog CP".

There is also Kim Ki-hyun's first endorsement product - k.swiss sportswear, and Park Bo-young was found to replace Liu Huiying and endorse the new couple's clothing with Kim Ki-hyun.

Basically, the advertising revenue brought by Jin Qixuan's movie and new drama ends here.

After all, the peninsula is so small, there are so many products, and most of them have spokespersons today.

In fact, if there were no restrictions on product types, Jin Qixuan would be able to hold 40+ or ​​even 50+ advertising endorsements.

But this may ruin his popularity among the public, which may not be worth it in the long run.

Jin Qixuan made a rough calculation in his mind. After deducting the share of profits and taxes, the latest endorsement fee he received was about 15 billion.

Adding the previous 26 billion, there is still 50 million short of 9 billion.

After running domestic and international business notices for a month, I can earn about 3 million yuan.

The new movie's salary was 1.2 million yuan, and he received million yuan.

There was still a gap of 5.8 million yuan, which completely blocked Jin Qixuan...

So Jin Qixuan pondered for a long time and set his evil thoughts on Kim Soo Hyun.

After all, we have already picked up Lee Min Ho's leak, so Kim Soo Hyun is not far behind...

Kim Ki-hyeon and Kim Soo-hyun are gentlemen friends.

When they were filming "Producer", Jin Qixuan brought him an ice pack to apply to his neck which was red and swollen from self-slapping.

Later, when Kim Ki-hyun was filming "1988", Kim Soo-hyun also gave Kim Ki-hyun a support car in return.

The friendship between the two ended there, and they never contacted each other again.

"Brother, when do you think Kim Soo Hyun will serve in the military?"

"You kid...are a bit greedy."

As soon as Sheng Bingxu heard it, he knew what Jin Qixuan was planning.

I glanced at him through the rearview mirror from the driver's seat and scolded him with a smile:
"He is Kim Soo Hyun after all, but... I'll ask around later, it should be soon."

Hearing this, Jin Qixuan looked out the window and smiled foolishly, and had already started to fantasize.

Soon, the two arrived at the Samsung Galaxy S8 new phone launch event.

The Samsung mobile phone launch event was as lively as the Seoul Fashion Week, with many artists and media invited to create hype.

As soon as Jin Qixuan entered the venue, the product manager came over after smelling the scent.

"You will go on stage to talk about the appearance of the product. According to the order, you are the first one. There are still 50 minutes before you go on stage."

Jin Qixuan took the product parameter introduction and flipped through it. There were more than twenty pages...

Then, Jin Qixuan looked up at him with a confused look on his face and asked:
"Seriously? You want me to tell you?"

The product manager nodded, glanced at his watch and said:
"No kidding, there are 49 minutes left."

Damn... why didn't you send it to me earlier!
Jin Qixuan didn't care about anything else. He ran to an empty corner with the product parameter introduction booklet and started to memorize it.

After a while, Sheng Bingxu came over with a phone call, saying that Hunt wanted to see him.

"Qixuan, are you busy?"

Jin Qixuan didn't have time to exchange pleasantries with him, and went straight to the point:

"Yes, I'm busy. Please keep it short if you have anything to say." "Okay, first thing, Jieun wants you to shoot the MV for her new song."

Lee Ji-eun had wanted to ask Kim Ki-hyun to shoot a music video for a long time, but because he was busy filming and had no time, he didn't invite Kim Ki-hyun until the filming was finished.

"When?"

At this moment, Jin Qixuan turned on the speakerphone directly, because he had to discuss his schedule with Sheng Bingxu.

"Today?"

Jin Qixuan turned to look at Sheng Bingxu and asked silently.

The latter took out his schedule and looked through it for a while, saying that he could only squeeze out two hours for Lee Ji-eun today.

What good MV can be shot in two hours?

Jin Qixuan muttered inwardly, stretched his neck to look at the schedule, frowned and asked, "Do you want to pay?"

"..."

"Jie Eun, he asked you for money..."

Li Zhien, who was putting on makeup, was stunned when she heard it: "Huh?"

Seeing this, Hunter repeated:
"He asked if you would pay him for making the music video, and he said he was a man who could make and lose tens of billions of dollars every minute."

Li Zhien: "..."

"Ask him if he can take a beating!"

"..."

Seeing that Hunter didn't speak for a long time, Li Zhien raised her eyebrows and asked:

"How did he say?"

"He...he's dead."

"Mo!?"

Li Zhien's eyes were as big as bells, and her chest heaved violently several times.

You all want to rebel, right?

Before Lee Ji-eun could angrily take out her cell phone to call Kim Ki-hyeon, Hunter's phone rang.

"I just pressed the wrong button. Tell her that I can only give her two hours. If she agrees, the friendship price is 10 million."

Hunter relayed the story expressionlessly:

"He asked you for 1000 million as a friendship fee."

Li Zhien sneered and said, "Let him pay back the money. If he is one won short, I will punch him."

"..."

Hunter continued to relay the story expressionlessly, and replied:

"He asked where your address was and said he would be there after attending the phone launch conference."

"Ah……"

After finishing his work, Hunter glanced at Li Zhien, took his phone to an empty corner, and said to the microphone with a smile:
"Qixuan, I have something private to ask of you."

"You said."

"The Red Velvet Art Troupe is performing at the Samsung mobile phone launch today. Aren't you also there? Please help me get an autographed photo and card of the five of them."

Jin Qixuan raised his head and looked around the scene, saying:
"I didn't see it."

"Impossible, they must be there! The schedule is clearly written on the FansClub, and the list of invited guests for the Samsung press conference also lists them as the opening performers."

"..."

It’s no wonder that Lee Ji-eun always wants to send you back to your hometown. If I had a manager like you, I’d be pissed too…

Although he complained in his heart, Jin Qixuan agreed on the surface.

Thirty minutes later.

Jin Qixuan was introducing the product here, when suddenly the lights dimmed and the noisy conversations at the scene quieted down.

Seeing this, Jin Qixuan hurriedly took out his mobile phone, turned on the flashlight, and continued to recite.

However, before Jin Qixuan had watched for five seconds, the retro beat of a game console sounded at the scene.

What follows is electronic music that sounds lively and cute.

Then, the spotlight on the stage came on, shining directly on the Red Velvet Art Troupe who were posing.

……

The prelude to "Russian Roulette" sounded.

The five women stood up and performed with microphones on.

"You always say love is a game"

“Just a simple and easy thing”

"You always use such annoying words to escape"

“Why do you always want to leave?”

"Heart BB-Beat"

……

"The length is 148.9 mm, the width is 68.1 mm, and the thickness...how many millimeters is the thickness? Damn..."

Jin Qixuan cursed and moved his gaze back to the introduction book.

But after a few seconds, my eyes moved involuntarily to the stage.

Who can calm down and memorize things?
The Red Velvet Art Troupe is currently preparing a special summer album - "The Taste of Red".

Maybe it's because fame brings good things. Compared to when they first debuted two and a half years ago, their looks have changed a lot.

Take Captain Pei’s looks for example, at this moment, Jin Qixuan is already stunned by him.

Red Velvet during this period cannot be said to be at the peak of its appearance, but its figure was definitely the thinnest in history, especially Wendy, who was so thin that she looked unrecognizable.

Therefore, Jin Qixuan was controlled by them for ten minutes.

After they finished their performance and left the stage, Jin Qixuan still felt a little unsatisfied.

It's no wonder that Hunter was so fascinated by them. He was really a little bit addicted...

Suddenly, Jin Qixuan came back to his senses.

Next... isn't it my turn to go on stage...

"Thank you all for coming to the Samsung Galaxy S8 mobile phone launch event." The project manager stood at the edge of the stage and said in a serious tone: "Now, please invite the new phone spokesperson Jin Qixuanxi to come on stage."

Seeing this, Jin Qixuan was able to go on stage even though he hadn't finished memorizing it.

Hearing this, everyone in the audience was stunned.

You haven’t even sold your phone yet, but you’ve already found a spokesperson. Isn’t that a bit too hasty?

Besides, what’s the point of asking an artist to come on stage to introduce the product?

What does he know?
The discussions in the audience did not affect Jin Qixuan from going on stage.

"Hello everyone, I am Jin Qixuan, and I am honored to introduce and show you the new Samsung Galaxy S8."

Jin Qixuan bowed and introduced himself.

"Clap clap clap..."

"Crack!"

The applause was a little sparse, but the reporters were taking pictures with their cameras very frequently.

Afterwards, Jin Qixuan took the two new phones handed over by the staff, one S8 and the other S8plus.

While Jin Qixuan was introducing on the stage, there was a detailed video explanation on the big screen behind him.

There is also a small window below, which shows Jin Qixuan demonstrating the operation in his hands.

Jin Qixuan’s explanation may not be that detailed, but the operation is quite smooth. After all, this phone has been used for more than a month.

When demonstrating the video playback function of the mobile phone, the brand also specially prepared a clip from "Strong Woman Do Bong Soon".

offstage.

Bae Joo-hyun looked at Kim Ki-hyeon who was demonstrating the new phone on the stage with ease, and there was an irrepressible admiration in her eyes.

I haven't seen him for a while. It seems that he has become more and more charming. I wonder how good he is at acting like a spoiled child now.

Thinking of this, Bae Joo-hyun covered her mouth and chuckled.

It seems like the days when we hosted "Music Bank" together were just yesterday.

"Unnie, what are you laughing at?"

"Nothing, I just thought the video I just saw on my phone was very interesting."

Jiang Seulgi: “?”

How can it be fun when Do Bong-soon was strangled by the bad guy?

"Sister said the men on stage are interesting."

Son Seungwan, who understands Bae Joo-hyun best, explained.

Man?
Jiang Seqi turned her gaze to Jin Qixuan on the stage with a confused look on her face.

I like...muscular men? Sexy boy?
(End of this chapter)