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Chapter 1144 1 week

Chapter 1144 One Week

After arriving at the company, Ji Jingyuan went to Park Jae-hyun's office and of course talked about the Best Actor award he won yesterday.

In addition to being an honor, awards often have a positive impact on many aspects of your career.

"... Jingyuan, your Baeksang Best Actor award this time received very good response. There was very little debate online, and the audience's approval was extremely high..."

Park Jae-hyun looked at the data in the computer and kept talking in an excited tone, while Chi Jingyuan was sitting on the sofa next to him, looking at his Instagram on his mobile phone. The Instagram he posted after winning the award yesterday has become a holy place for fans and passers-by to celebrate, and it has also successfully made it to the world trend. After one night, the number of comments has exceeded 50,000, and any glance at it is full of compliments and rainbow farts.

In addition, many Peninsula artists left messages below to join in the fun. For example, Kim Taeyeon left a message below and was pushed up by fans.

Although he seemed to be in a good mood, Chi Jingyuan yawned. He had gone to bed a little late last night and was not very energetic at the moment.

"Although your performance has been good before, you have lacked recognition from mainstream awards. After winning the Baeksang Best Actor Award this time, Jingyuan, you no longer have any shortcomings in TV dramas..."

"After the news of winning the award came out yesterday, SM received a large number of invitations. After screening, three interviews and two photo shoots have been confirmed. These need to be completed within this week..."

Although Chi Jingyuan seemed distracted, he was actually listening carefully. When he heard that he had a new job, he couldn't help but complain: "Isn't it enough to just take these interviews one by one... Is there any substantial benefit?"

Park Jae-hyun smiled when he heard this. He took out a new stack of information and continued, "As for the substantial benefits... does an increase in endorsement fees count?"

"Can I add more? Isn't my endorsement fee already at the top here on the Peninsula?"

Chi Jingyuan became slightly interested when he heard this and looked up at him: "How much did you add? All of it?"

He has a lot of personal endorsements, even more than EXO, and his endorsement fees are also the highest in the peninsula... However, the endorsement fees for local advertisements in the peninsula are not high, generally around tens of billions, and among all the endorsements that Chi Jingyuan has, the most expensive ones are from overseas, such as GUCCI and Haagen-Dazs.

The endorsement fee for the former has not been made public, but Ji Jingyuan certainly knows that it is 180 billion won. However, it will increase a lot after Shengka becomes the global spokesperson. The latter was simply given 260 billion won, which is currently the highest endorsement fee for all Peninsula artists.

According to reports, the national girl group IOI earned a total of 10 billion won in 100 months of activities, while Ji Kyung-won's endorsement alone earned 260 billion won... It also makes people sigh that although they are both popular idols, their incomes are so different.

"For now, there is no impact on overseas brands. They won't pay attention to awards like the Baeksang Awards. And Jingyuan, you have reached a temporary ceiling for overseas brand endorsement fees."

Park Jae-hyun poured some cold water on him first: "Of course, GUCCI still called to congratulate you on winning the Best Actor Award... although I guess they are just temporary Naver Baeksang."

After first criticizing and then raising his voice, the brother's tone immediately rose: "But after winning the Best Actor Award, the response from the local market of the Peninsula was very enthusiastic... Jingyuan, guess how much you are paid for an advertisement now?"

"It has increased by nearly one-third!" Without waiting for Chi Jingyuan to speak, Park Jae-hyun excitedly asked and answered himself.

"..."

Chi Jingyuan estimated in his mind and raised his eyebrows: "Wouldn't that be 20 billion?"

His previous endorsement fees were among the highest in the peninsula. The endorsement fee for one advertisement was approximately 13 to 15 billion won, depending on the brand and product.

If it increases by one third, it would be 20 billion won... Seeing this number, Chi Jingyuan couldn't help but be a little surprised.

Don’t think that GUCCI and Haagen-Dazs’ bids of tens of billions are outrageous, but the usual advertising costs in the peninsula are very low. The prices of the recent popular stars are only a few hundred million, and one billion is already top-level. And with his current two billion...it’s not an exaggeration to say that Chi Jingyuan is currently the best in the peninsula.

"Bingo!"

Park Jae-hyun snapped his fingers, flipped through the materials he had just sorted out, and excitedly began to introduce them to Chi Jingyuan: "From yesterday to now, SM has received many endorsement invitations, and the brands whose contracts are about to expire have all sent renewals, raising the previous prices."

"LOTTE Duty Free Shop 18 billion renewal invitation."

"KGC Ginseng Commune invites you to become their new spokesperson at 22 billion."

"MODETOUR travel agency's image spokesperson offers 20 billion."

"SK Telecom's contract renewal price has increased by 5 million, now reaching 25 billion per year."

"The most amazing one is LG. After the contract was renewed the year before last, the contract for your full-line spokesperson expired again this year. Because LG has been in a clear decline in recent years, we couldn't reach an agreement before. This time they directly raised the price to 50 billion... I feel that if we talk about it again, we can get a little more."

Listening to Park Jae-hyun talking about the advertising quotations one by one, Chi Jingyuan couldn't help but smack his lips, even though he had never been short of money and didn't really care about money.

The announcement fees for Peninsula artists are very small, and the pay for filming is actually not that much. Most artists still make money through endorsements, and the endorsement fees can best reflect the commercial value of an artist... and Chi Jingyuan's current market price proves that the brand, or the market, is really optimistic about him.

And even if you don’t care much about the endorsement fee, this price actually represents the brand recognition and Chi Jingyuan’s position in the market.

He doesn't value money...but he can't stop the manufacturers from desperately sending him money.

At the beginning of the year, his value increased due to the popularity of "Goblin" and he took on a lot of advertisements. Now there is another wave of momentum. If he accepts all these endorsements, Chi Jingyuan's personal income this year will reach a very eye-catching number.

When IU's annual income exceeded 10 billion, she was honored by the media as a "walking small and medium-sized enterprise". So what should Ji Jingyuan be called?

Winning the Best Actor award may not bring any benefits in terms of film and television, but the financial impact is immediate.

Moreover, in the eyes of many people, compared with those miscellaneous honors, money is the most direct and the most valued.

When the morning comes, it's good news.

Even though he was not short of money, being valued so much made Chi Jingyuan feel very happy. He listened carefully to the invitation he received and did not give too many opinions. He just said, "Brother, you and the company can handle it."

After several years of cooperation, Park Jae-hyun's management team and SM have become well-trained and experienced in various careers and jobs surrounding him. They are adept at these jobs and will carefully select and screen out those jobs that are not good for their image.

Not counting the EXO group, but only counting Ji Jingyuan, there are hundreds of people working around him, including assistants, agents, makeup artists, and company operations, public relations, etc. The agency team in SM that is responsible for Ji Jingyuan's personal work is the most elite and popular in the entire SM company.

"Some of them are temporary and need you to complete them in the next few days, otherwise you will have to rush back... Then there is the XO group. The specific schedule has been announced. They will fly to Japan on May 5th and will first carry out some activities in Tokyo, Osaka and other places, as well as hold three fan meetings, and pre-record some variety shows for warm-up.

A week later, on May 5, the Japanese compilation album will be officially released, and Avex has already arranged a series of activities...”

After talking about his personal work, Park Jae-hyun talked about EXO. He suddenly slapped his head and remembered something. He looked at Ji Jingyuan and asked, "By the way, speaking of Avex... The original collaboration with MIna xi, "Fireworks", was cancelled, and it became a solo for you, Jingyuan."

"Avex has always been very optimistic about this song. After hearing about it, they wanted to find a Japanese female artist to replace Mina xi to collaborate with you."

"what?"

Chi Jingyuan was stunned for a moment, but soon realized that he was also a little strange. He just smiled and said to me jokingly, "Working with me on "Fireworks"? An Avex artist? Who is it? Ayumi Hamasaki?"

Avex has many artists under its banner, but the only famous one Chi Jingyuan has heard of is Ayumi Hamasaki.

"Hahaha... the ages don't match up, right?"

Park Jae-hyun couldn't help laughing when he heard this, as if he thought of the scene of the two of them working together and felt it was a little funny. He was also joking: "When you go to Neon Avex, I will definitely arrange a meeting. Maybe after the meeting, Ayumi Hamasakixi will really be willing to cooperate."

"Ha ha……"

Chi Jingyuan smiled, thought about it, and shook his head gently: "Let's talk about it later... I think it's good to sing alone."

This song was originally written to commemorate their love to some extent. If Minami Naoi can't cooperate... it would feel weird to sing it with other female artists.

However... after recording with Ming Jingnan, Chi Jingyuan did think that it would be nice for a female to sing the chorus.

The two discussed their next work, and Chi Jingyuan prepared to go to the practice room. Before leaving, he picked up his phone and suddenly thought of something.

After sending the celebratory text message yesterday, Kim Taeyeon called him later in the evening. She first congratulated him on winning the Best Actor award, and then took the initiative to organize a party for them to celebrate together tomorrow.

Finally, she talked about business. She said that she had played the two songs "Beautiful" and "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter" to all the sisters in Girls' Generation. The team was unanimous in their support and approval, and had decided to use these two songs.

"By the way, brother..."

Ji Jingyuan talked to Park Jae-hyun about the song "Beautiful", and then explained: "It was originally intended for NCT, but the company may not be willing... You go and follow up and help deal with it."

"Okay, don't worry, it's a small matter."

When Park Jae-hyun heard this, he just made a gesture and didn't seem to take it seriously at all.

The competition for resources is very common in the industry. Good songs are always fought over, and some songs will even go through the recording studios of several companies or even groups before they are released.

...With Chi Jingyuan's position in the company, let alone just preparing it for NCT, even if it has already been used by NCT, and even the progress of recording and dancing, and even album recording can be snatched away by him.

Chi Jingyuan was too lazy to bully people before, but that doesn’t mean he couldn’t do it... On the contrary, it was too easy.

…………

After leaving Park Jae-hyun, Ji Kyung-won went directly to EXO's practice room.

The Neon Best of album has been completely finalized, and the MV was shot at the end of last month... Although the MV was re-shot, the background and plot are almost the same as the Korean version. It was just a re-shot version based on the Japanese lyrics and the newly divided parts.

However, EXO cannot rest. Their schedules for the next few months are very tight, and they have to practice the songs for their American album non-stop.

The dance of "ON" is especially important. In addition to the difficulty of choreography itself, it also requires cooperation with a large professional dance team, so it is quite difficult to practice.

This time we are collaborating with a well-known large dance troupe in the United States. There will be thirty dancers in the choreography of "ON", and the fees are very high.

Although SM is not optimistic about the prospects of EXO's album in the United States, it has absolutely no discount on its support. The fees of the dance team alone are much higher than the production costs of an entire album of idol groups from many companies.

Only big companies can afford it.

In addition to preparing for the new album, there are also many Japanese courses. Although special courses were arranged when they debuted in Japan in 15, due to too much activity time, many members did not put too much effort and their Japanese was still a mess.

This time they are going to be serious about their activities in Japan. The Japanese course schedule is very tight. Except for Chi Jingyuan who doesn't have to study, other members have to come to class every day recently. The company is keeping a close eye on this.

...In fact, it is very easy to tell whether SM attaches importance to the market of a country. You just need to see whether they have arranged for group members to learn the language of that country.

At the same time, they will give EXO some lessons again, telling them some precautions and unspoken rules of the Japanese entertainment industry, such as "Japanese seniors and juniors are more exaggerated than Peninsula"

What's going on? 'Some Japanese local artists are repulsive to foreign artists, thinking they are "stealing their jobs", so they have to keep a low profile.'

What is this? 'Japanese media sometimes deliberately create topics and exaggerate the words and deeds of foreign artists to cause controversy, so you must be careful about what you say and do, and you must not accept interviews that are not scheduled.'

And the final advice is "If you encounter any problems, contact the company."

Chi Jingyuan was present during the class, but after listening for a long time he actually felt quite bored. He thought that instead of talking about these things, it would be better to remind Park Chanyeol and Kim Jong-in to hold fewer princess selection conferences.

Kim Jong-in doesn't know, but Park Chanyeol is very familiar with all the pornographic connections, escorts, and small artists in Japan. He goes there to have fun every once in a while, and there are special people to receive him.

Every time he comes back, he has to brag about Chi Jingyuan and the others... I heard that when he goes to Japan this time, he will also introduce some of the younger brothers of NCT to them.

The practice lasted until the afternoon, close to dinner time, when Chi Jingyuan received another call from Kim Taeyeon, asking him when he would arrive as she had already reserved a seat.

Chi Jingyuan didn't say much. He changed his clothes and drove directly to the appointment.

Winning the Best Actor award is of course a very happy thing. At least in the eyes of most people on the peninsula, it is a very honorable and worth celebrating thing.

Various social interactions are impossible to miss. In addition to a few familiar friends on Kim Taeyeon's side, Ji Jingyuan also received many invitations, including friends he had worked with in TV dramas before, such as Park Shin Hye, Lu Xingcai, Kim So Hyun, etc., as well as acquaintances from brands, directors of advertising companies, friends from TV stations, and even some personal friends from his brother's side.

Of course it was hard to refuse such a kind invitation. For the next few days, Chi Jingyuan practiced work during the day and attended parties at night. His private schedule was packed with various things, and he didn't know how much wine he drank.

He even received a call from Lee Seung-ri. He looked celebratory and tentatively asked Chi Jingyuan to go out and play together.

There have been several such invitations before, but Ji Jingyuan had no interest, especially when he was dating Ming Jingnan, he basically refused them all. However, Lee Seungri was persistent and would still invite him enthusiastically after a while. This time, he used the title of "TV King" to ask him to play together, so it was hard to say what to do.

However, after hearing this, Chi Jingyuan did not refuse, but just hesitated for a moment, as if he was considering it.

This hesitation immediately made Li Shengli understand something, and he started talking enthusiastically again, and even jokingly said that he had wanted to introduce some friends to him for a long time, and that many beautiful seniors and juniors in the circle wanted to meet him.

After all, he had been invited so many times, and Chi Jingyuan, who was single again, also wanted to enrich his personal life. After thinking about it, he did not refuse. It was just that his schedule in the last few days was a bit full, so he made an appointment to come again after he returned from Neon.

Lee Seung-ri was very happy when he heard that, and asked him carefully and tentatively whether he would bring his girlfriend, Mina from JYP... But Ji Kyung-won didn't say anything, just a brief two seconds of silence. This guy seemed to understand something, and immediately smiled and said "alasoo" and then hung up the phone.

Although Chi Jingyuan knew that Li Shengli was not a good person and looked down on him in his heart, he had helped him several times after all. What's more important is that he was so tactful that it was really hard for people to dislike him.

A week passed quickly and it was May 9th. Tomorrow was the day to set off for Neon.

After a week of busy socializing, Chi Jingyuan had nothing to do that day. He suddenly had some free time and felt a little bored after dinner.

Everything that needed to be prepared had been prepared, and all the clothes and luggage that needed to be packed had been packed. Suddenly, it seemed like there was nothing to do tonight.

Driving around the city, Chi Jingyuan couldn't find his destination after going around a few times. While waiting for the red light, he looked at the night view next to him. The music on the speakers accompanied by the noise on both sides was quite pleasant.

He glanced to the side casually and suddenly realized that he had unknowingly driven to the gym...which was next to the private club.