Huayu: Starting from the top talent show

Chapter 321 Starlink
[Shen Juan appeared at the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Festival and won three awards, including Best Newcomer! ]

[Too sexy! Shen Juan A-mei's "Senorita" exudes a hot and hormonal scene! Taylor Swift was stunned~]

[Another god-level stage production, CP fans are going crazy! "Senorita" is unstoppable in winning the championship this week! ]

[New North America is unforgettable! Shen Juan and A-mei iHeartRadio sang "Senorita" on the same stage and drove fans crazy! ]

[iHeartRadio official Twitter updated a photo of Shen Juan, A-mei and Taylor Swift holding the trophy backstage at iHeartRadio, calling them "the shining stars of this era"]

After the iHeartRadio Music Awards, which lasted less than two hours, ended, various press releases circulated on the Internet.

Of course, the most dazzling and most anticipated one is undoubtedly the new song collaboration stage by Shen Juan and A-mei, the hottest singer CP in North America in recent times.

In fact, the popularity of Shen Juan and A妹 already makes them top-tier artists in the North American and even world music scene.

A妹 is the female celebrity with the most Instagram followers in the world, and Shen Juan is the second male singer with the most Instagram followers.

Coupled with the "New North American Unforgettable" CP line created by their record company Republic and promoted by fans, as well as the blessing of a high probability of winning the championship, the online popularity and topic discussion that the Alexana combination can generate is obviously no longer as simple as 1+1>2.

In this case, any time the two appear on the same stage together will spark heated discussions on the Internet and create hot topics.

Although not as exaggerated as Jelena back then.

One of them is the male singer with the most fans in the world, and the other is the female star with the most fans in the world (former).

After all, Alexana and her boyfriend are not a real couple, so there are many things they cannot do. Many more effective marketing strategies cannot be easily implemented in order to avoid backlash from CP fans in the future.

But thanks to the different times, the Internet in the streaming media era has become increasingly popular in mass society.

In a sense, Alexana's speed of spread and global influence are not inferior to Jelena's.

Very understandable.

In the past, most of the netizens who discussed Jelena were probably from Europe and North America, and Asian netizens rarely participated. But in the current Alexana, because Alex has a top-tier popularity in Asia, any news about him can easily grab headlines and create a sensation in the Asia-Pacific region.

So from the perspective of the scope of influence alone, Alexana is probably even better than Jelena.

In foreign countries, there are Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and TikTok. In China, there are Weibo, Douban, Tieba, Douyin, Kuaishou, Bilibili, and Hupu.
All major social platforms and video sites with high market share are having heated discussions on the Alexana cooperation stage.

Instead of sharing my own thoughts on the "Senorita" stage:
[Too horny! Too astringent! I couldn't help but reward myself twice on the bed! Goddamnit! ]

[Alex made me experience the feeling of celestial, he should compensate me with a brand new and clean pair of underwear! ]

[Damn! This man is so fucking sexy and hot and so fucking charming! Love comes from Rio de Janeiro. ]

[Now I finally understand why some people say that the scene should be cleared when Ari and Alex are shooting a music video. This can't really be blamed on Ari. Alex is so hot, I can't stand it either. ]

[Alex is really weird. He has a great body, but he never tries to show off his body. I even heard that he turned down a Calvin Klein underwear advertisement. He didn't say or do anything, but he gives people the feeling that he will fuck you to death from Monday to the weekend. This man is a treasure bestowed by God on the world, there is no doubt about that!]

Just chatting about gossip with like-minded netizens:
[To be honest, I was really surprised by the Alexana couple, because as far as I know, Alex usually dates amateurs, and he rarely has scandals with famous actresses. Alovers in East Asia should have heard about this. His most famous nickname is "amateur killer." ]

[Oh Shet! Really? Oh my god! I must have prayed to God devoutly every day to let me hear such great news! ]

[Hahaha! How did you know Alex was lying next to me right now? I sent a private message to Alex yesterday, and he called me over to accompany him today. Ari was right, Alex's ability in that area is indeed as talented as his talent in music! The sky is his limit.]

[Thank you for the generous gift! I will send Alex my photo in private message tonight! I hope Alex can reply to my private message! ]

[This is definitely the best news I have received this year! Alex is definitely the most fan-loving star I have ever seen! ]

Shen Juan's most popular name, "amateur killer", was spread across the ocean by East Asian fans and landed in America on the east coast of the Pacific Ocean, becoming another hot topic that North American people love to hear and hear, further generating more traffic and popularity to feed back to this CP and Shen Juan himself.

In addition, the #Alexana Senorita# entry not only topped the most popular trends in the world and the United States, but also quickly dominated the Twitter trends in 92 countries and regions, attracting countless Twitter users to click on it out of curiosity, and then watch the entire song stage with dry mouths at the instigation of netizens.

It can only be said that Alexana is much better than the cute Deka girl in the original time and space, whether in terms of the most intuitive appearance and voice or the most objective popularity.

This gap is particularly evident in male singers.

Both are handsome boys born in 98, both are tall singers, both are creative talents, and both are white moonlights who became famous at a young age.

Shen Juan has everything that Mengde has, and does it better.

Let me briefly mention the five major roles of the current generation of male musicians in North America, except for Shen Juan:
Cockroach plays rap, Malone is a hit single maker, Harry Styles is a solo player after the breakup of the popular group, Mao Shua is a black R&B talent, and Meng De is a popular young star.

It is almost possible to tell at a glance who is the unlucky guy who will be replaced by Shen Juan and lose market share.

Although it seems that the popularity of Mendes' fans and the quality of his works have not shown a clear downward trend for the time being, there is actually no ecological niche for Mendes among the top five super-generation men.

Considering that the population of North America is less than a quarter of that of China, the entertainment industry as a whole presents a situation where there are more wolves than meat. The ecological niche is particularly important in the North American music scene.

Because it directly determines whether a singer can build a sufficient fan base and attract enough loyal fans.

Just like Dua Lipa, although she has many hit singles, because she has no clear role positioning and the drama that North American people love to see, her songs are more popular than her, and she has few loyal fans. Many people mock her and think she is boring. If the quality of her works is not good enough one day, she will flop.

So Shen Juan may indeed be able to build up a considerable fan base through the success of his hit songs, but if he wants to go a step further, if he wants to build an even larger fan base, then he will inevitably have to include dramatic hot topics like hyping up CPs and fighting with others.

After all, in addition to his simple identity as a singer, he is also a public figure with considerable social influence and a top star with maximum commercial value.

Under such circumstances, he naturally needs to increase his own popularity as much as possible and become a global superstar with both popular works.

(Pig cage is Malone, curly ladyboy is Harry Styles, turbine is Morgan Warren)

With the orderly operation and scheduling, the production progress of Shen Juan's second album "Leviathan" is nearing completion.

Apart from the "Hold On" MV that needs to be shot in Los Angeles today, the only MV left to be shot in Scotland is the "Adore You" MV.

While putting on makeup, Yang Yangjin also took the time to briefly explain the next work arrangements to Shen Juan.

"After today's work, I will be recording the remix and shooting the music video for 'Old Town Road' tomorrow and the next two days."

"Has Republic signed Nas yet?"

In fact, new-age rap stars like Nacha Lee have no shortage of invitations from record companies after their success with Old Town Road.

But the meanings of providing timely assistance and adding icing on the cake are different.

If Shen Juan wanted to establish sufficiently solid and stable relationships with this group of new generations in Europe and America, he naturally had to get to know them when they were still new and unknown, and then give them a hand and bring them into the public eye earlier, so that they would owe him a favor and be grateful to him.

The feelings that arise from meeting each other in humble beginnings are often the deepest.

What is most appreciated and touching is when top superstars ignore the gap in status and position and help their juniors who are in humble positions.

"Well, the contract was signed the day before yesterday. Republic is currently planning to have the remix of the song "Old Town Road" you collaborated on released on the 19th of next month."

Leviathan is tentatively scheduled to be released on April 4, which is just in time for its world premiere at Coachella, just like it did last year.

And what’s different from last year is that this year Shen Juan is undoubtedly one of the three finale big names on the main stage.

Then the first single "ME!" from Taylor's new album, which was previously collaborated with Taylor by Shen Juan, is scheduled to be released on April 4th.

Considering that the remix version cannot be delayed too long in order to hit the charts, the release date of the new version of Old Town Road can only be chosen as April 4th in the middle.

Although then there will be an embarrassing situation where one will fight against oneself.

But it’s still the same sentence:
It doesn't matter when a truly good song is released.

At worst, you can just avoid traveling during peak hours, and then start promoting your song after a while when your competitors at the same time are no longer able to do so.

"Then we will fly to London on the evening of the 18th, land on the 19th, and spend two days in Scotland shooting the MV for "Adore You". We will fly to Paris on the 22nd. Hennessy, a subsidiary of LVMH, wants you to be their global spokesperson, so you have to complete the shooting of the global advertisement in Paris."

Hennessy is divided into various series according to price lines, including but not limited to VS, VSOP, XO
Shen Juan is naturally endorsing the entire line this time.

"How much?"

"Three million dollars a year."

Converted at an exchange rate of 1 to 7, it was almost million Chinese yuan, and Shen Juan was quite satisfied.

After all, the amount of celebrity endorsement fees mainly depends on the celebrity’s influence, ability to sell products, and market size.

Shen Juan is absolutely unquestionable in terms of influence and ability to sell products.

Stars who have more influence than him are not as good as him in selling goods; those who are better than him seem to have become the most powerful entertainment star in the world.

But consider that the market size is not infinite.

Therefore, there is an upper limit to endorsement fees after all.

For now, 2000 million is a hurdle.

"There's nothing wrong with me, just keep going."

Yangyang Jin nodded slightly. "Then on the 23rd, the official Porsche global spokesperson advertisement was filmed in Berlin, Germany. Although Porsche said they would not run your personal advertisement, they also said that the global advertisement starring you would be guaranteed to be run a certain number of times."

"Another thing is that we have to fly to Rome on the 24th to complete the cover shoot of the May issue of the Italian version of VOGUE. It will still be a joint promotion of many luxury brands including LV, Tiffany and Jaeger-LeCoultre."

"Thanks to the gradual increase in your fan base and commercial value, your influence in the fashion circle is now terrifying. The PR departments of these luxury brands are eager to promote you to the covers of the top four magazines in the UK, France, the US and Italy, and use you to meet their KPIs this year!"

In fact, many times, not only ordinary people like us, but even group bosses are prone to falling into digital slavery.

We all know that spending money on advertising in magazines can effectively increase important indicators such as brand awareness and recognition.

Take China's magazines as an example. The covers of first-tier magazines are all worth millions, and an inside page costs hundreds of thousands.

As for the four most prestigious editions in the fashion circle, namely, Britain, France, the United States and Italy, the price of putting someone on the cover is naturally higher.

But the question is, how do we measure things that cannot be materialized, such as brand awareness, popularity, and recognition?

So the concept of DMR came into being.

Simply put, it is a comprehensive media detection system that tracks a brand's exposure and publicity effects over a period of time from multiple dimensions and platforms.

Many large companies like to use DMR to measure the work results of their public relations departments to see whether they are doing anything.

Therefore, in this case, celebrities like Shen Juan, who have both high-value sales capabilities and exaggerated online voice and can effectively improve the brand's data indicators on the social and web sides, naturally become the father who can directly determine performance appraisals and year-end bonuses in the eyes of many luxury brand public relations. With Shen Juan, performance is achieved!
If the top management wants to replace Shen Juan or if Shen Juan wants to change jobs, the public relations department will probably be the first to disagree!

With such an important and special role positioning, he is the king who has the final say in the Chinese fashion circle!

“They’re wasting money.”

"Why do you care so much? We are the beneficiaries anyway." Yang Yangjin was a little surprised why Shen Juan had such an idea. "Besides, a large company with a market value of hundreds of billions of euros does not lack this little money. The public relations department would be derelict in their duty if they don't spend the budget allocated to them by the company every year."

"Why don't you just transfer the money to me?"

"Isn't $15 million for two years enough?"

"Not enough." Shen Juan joked confidently, "I think I'm worth at least 20 million US dollars in two years."

As long as LV's public relations department buys two fewer magazines every year, the freed-up budget can be used on him.

Yangyangjin rolled his eyes, "You are dreaming."

"Before I got the two-year, $15 million endorsement contract, you thought I was dreaming, but now?"

Yangyangjin opened her mouth to speak, but swallowed the words back.

If someone else said this, she would definitely laugh at them for being dreamy.

But if the person who said this was Shen Juan, then she would probably have to think carefully about where his confidence came from.

After all, he really does what he says.

"Alex, are you ready? The shooting is about to start." The staff came over and knocked on the door.

On March 3, the song recording and MV shooting that Leviathan needed to complete in North America were all completed.

Next we will go to St Abbs, Scotland to complete the MV shooting of the last single "Adore You".

However, before leaving, Shen Juan still took the time to have lunch with an old friend who had come from afar at a local Chinese restaurant in Los Angeles that had a good reputation.

"How are you doing recently? It seems like there's been a big fuss between you and your company lately." Shen Juan took a sip of orange juice.

"You've been in the United States all this time, so you know this?"

On the 7th of this month, Deng Ziqi posted a long article on Weibo announcing the termination of her contract with Hummingbird Music, which instantly became a hot topic. However, in order to fulfill the concert contract she had signed previously and not disappoint her fans, she came to Los Angeles during this period to prepare for her solo concert.

"Is it impossible to read domestic news in the United States?"

Deng Ziqi sighed helplessly: "I wish I had your strong sense of copyright."

"Although I have the copyright to my songs, I earn much less money. There are always gains and losses in this kind of thing."

In order to obtain the copyright of the recording, Shen Juan's share of the profits was actually quite low, and he earned tens of millions less every year.

But it doesn’t matter.

After all, with the copyright in hand, there is no need to worry. It is not like what happened to Deng Ziqi, who had a conflict with the company and could not even use her own songs and stage name.

"Oh, by the way, it seems that Taylor has signed the same contract with you, right?" G.E.M. asked curiously.

"It's the same contract. She also wants to control the copyright of the recording, but her contract terms are better than mine." Shen Juan curled his lips. "After all, she came to Gonghe with a lot of honors. Unlike me, who just debuted in North America not long ago and was anxious to sell myself in order to get promotion resources."

"If you call this selling yourself, then what are we singers who not only don't have the copyrights of our songs but also have very low income shares? Are we black slaves? And if you don't sign with a US record company, how can you get so many radio resources and promotion resources? Your words really make me want to hit someone."

G.E.M. Deng felt that Shen Juan did nothing wrong.

Want to be famous in the United States, but don’t want to sign with an American company and share the money with the Americans?

It's just a dream.

This is like setting up a stall outside but not wanting to spend money to buy a storefront. If you are caught by the urban management, you will have no way to deal with it.

Maybe the stall owner did nothing wrong, but this is the rule of this industry and the law that governs how this world works.

People who are too greedy often spit out everything they get.

"Be careful with your words and actions, sister. This is the United States. Even if we speak Chinese, some things are very sensitive." Although Shen Juan has taken over Mende's ecological niche, it does not mean that he wants to inherit Mende's racial discrimination characteristics. It is still too harsh to fight against black people in the United States.

Seeing Shen Juan being so cautious, G.E.M. couldn't help but laugh. She had not developed in the United States, so she naturally couldn't personally feel how strict the control of racial discrimination speech was here. At the same time, she also didn't know how much of a deterrent the black gunman was to these first-line singers including Shen Juan.

Shen Juan picked up the orange juice again and took a sip, naturally changing the subject that might affect his career development and life safety.

"So what are you thinking now? Have you considered the future after the contract with Hummingbird is terminated?"

Deng Ziqi tilted her head and thought for a while, then shook her head and whispered, "I still have a general idea, but plans often cannot keep up with changes, so I'll just take it one step at a time! Now I'll just finish the remaining eight concerts and not let my fans who support me down."

Shen Juan thought for a moment and decided to get to the point: "Actually, I'm currently preparing for my new company."

"You are only twenty years old now! Are you going to start your own company and be your own boss so soon?" Deng Ziqi was a little surprised.

She never expected that Shen Juan, who was so busy with work, would still have time to prepare and manage the company.

“What I really want to build is a Pacific Rim artist consortium, and I don’t plan to make a profit from the company.”

Anyway, no matter how much money the company makes, it won’t be as much as him.

Shen Juan's current annual income of nearly ten figures has even exceeded the net profit of all domestic entertainment brokerage companies.

Strictly speaking, Bingbing's words "I don't marry into a wealthy family, I am the wealthy family" are only appropriate for Wajuan.

"Brother Juan, what do you mean?" G.E.M. Deng is not a fool, so she naturally understood the implication of Shen Juan's words.

So Shen Juan was silent for a moment, then looked seriously into Deng Ziqi's eyes and invited her:
"After we settle the contract dispute with Hummingbird, GEM, are you interested in moving to another place to develop?"

"Since I have just been established, some aspects may not be as mature as those big companies, but I think the potential is still huge, and I can guarantee that I will not treat you like Hummingbird did. Whether it is song copyright or profit sharing ratio, I can make concessions."

Shen Juan has always been very frank when facing colleagues whom he recognizes, so when he met Deng Ziqi this time, he directly revealed his true intentions.

Of course, this honesty also stems from his sufficient self-confidence and confidence. After all, even if he reveals all his secrets, others will not be able to retaliate against him.

"You also know that I started out as an artist. I've also been cheated by management companies before. My personal stance is definitely more inclined to protect the rights of artists, so I don't think it's necessary for me to make big promises to you. In fact, I have never thought about making money from the artists under my management."

“Rather than sucking blood from the artists, what I really want is to integrate everyone’s influence together to speak out and shine together.”

“So rather than being a brokerage company in the conventional sense, it’s more like an organization, an organization that connects like-minded people together.”

"Judging from your current influence, it seems that all of us combined are not as influential as you alone."

Although Deng Ziqi was somewhat moved, she was more confused. In her opinion, Shen Juan only needed to be beautiful on his own and there was no need for him to mix with this group of people.

"Because I know that the power of one person is ultimately limited. Only by uniting a group of people can great things be accomplished."

A red light shines on Shen Juan's face!

Like Master Lay, Jackson, Kun Kun, Lu Han, our Tao Tao, Le Hua, Da Zhang Wei
Forget about Da Zhangwei. Shen Juan was worried that if Da Zhangwei died abroad, no one would dare to collect his body. He was still very concerned about the personal safety of his friend.

Then there are those seniors whom Shen Juan respects, such as Tao Zhe, Ba Ge, and JJ Lin. In fact, they can all be brought in if there is a chance.

At that time, he can rely on his personal connections to book out large music festivals such as Coachella and Lollapalooza in the United States, and SUMMER SONIC in Japan, or directly hold compilation concerts in East Asia and Southeast Asia.

(Don’t get me wrong, Coachella is not some amazing resource. 88rising can even hold a special show and let a bunch of Southeast Asian idiots play. This is how Wang Jiaer messed up his first Coachella.)

Isn't this much more awesome than shouting slogans in the country all day long and leading Chinese music to the world?
I never use those fancy things to fool my fans. I always show the truth!

Of course, the main market is definitely in Asia. It’s not realistic to bring a group of Chinese singers to the United States, right?
G.E.M. was dumbfounded again. She really didn't expect that Shen Juan had been thinking about these things.

"Your vision is too big! I finally understand why so many people online say that you look down on the domestic traffic. Your level of thinking and considerations are completely different from theirs."

This is really too awesome!
Anyway, she has never seen such an artist in all these years since her debut. Shen Juan deserves to become famous all over the world so quickly.

This guy not only has lofty ambitions, but even his own strength can match his ever-expanding ambitions.

Upon hearing this, Shen Juan just raised his eyebrows and shrugged his shoulders, but did not deny it because there was no need to.

He actually didn't look down on that group of traffic.

Different abilities mean different perspectives.

But since everyone thinks so, since everyone thinks that I look down on my peers, I'll just follow their lead.

After all, it would be a good thing if it could make colleagues learn from their mistakes and improve their business capabilities.

Neither of them was in a hurry to speak, and they remained silent for about a minute. Then Deng Ziqi spoke again, having already made a choice in her heart.

“So you already have a name for the company?”

"There is."

"what is it call?"

"Starlink, the Chinese name is Xinglian."

Linking planets or stars together to form a star matrix covering the entire world?
G.E.M. fell silent again.

However, unlike her previous hesitation and entanglement, her heart was now filled with curiosity, excitement and excitement.

Shen Juan does have a magical power that makes people gradually believe in him and become his followers without realizing it.

She couldn't wait to look forward to the bright future after terminating her contract with Hummingbird, and was ready to work hard with Shen Juan!

She had a feeling that this conversation with Shen Juan in Los Angeles might be the starting page of a new chapter in her career!
(Gem, the current female leader in the Chinese music scene)

(End of this chapter)