Zhou Jianhui, vice president of Warner Asia and president of Greater China, slapped the newspaper on the table angrily.
"Masada Hong is a bastard, and he thinks we, Warner, are blind!"
The headline shown in the newspaper was Sony (China) Chairman Masada Hong being interviewed by reporters again.
"Sony wants to join hands with Cao Xuan to create a world superstar"
Compared with his previous speeches, which were relatively cryptic, after receiving relatively positive feedback from Fanxing and Cao Xuan, Masada Hong couldn't hide his excitement, and his words became more explicit, almost regarding Cao Xuan as Sony's prize.
Such a flamboyant attitude naturally aroused great dissatisfaction from Warner.
Especially Zhou Jianhui, as Cao Xuan's "Bo Le", Warner has personally created an Asian superstar, and he and Warner have benefited a lot from this.
Warner, which was originally in jeopardy, has now become China's number one record company, with extensive strength and influence in both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
Zhou Jianhui himself was a transitional president of the China region. Not only did he secure his position, he was promoted to vice president of the Asia region, and was even a strong competitor for the president of the Asia region.
Along the way, he knew better than anyone else the connection between Cao Xuan and Warner, and he also understood better how much negative impact it would have on Warner if Cao Xuan left.
No matter Zhang Huimei, Naying, Sun Yanzi or Sun Nan, they can't fill the vacancy left by Cao Xuan, the number one family in the Chinese music industry and the king of Asia.
Warner, which was originally booming, will suffer immeasurable losses.
This is also Sony's strategy. Poaching Cao Xuan is not only a powerful boost to Sony itself, but also a major blow to Warner, a competitor.
If the operation is good, China's number one record company may change hands...
"Mr. Zhou, the top priority is to renew the contract with Cao Xuan as soon as possible. Now everyone is panicking. The company headquarters also sent emails asking about the situation. If Cao Xuan really leaves, the consequences will be unimaginable."
Huang Minxia, vice president of Warner China, Zhou Jianhui’s confidant and right-hand assistant, reminded.
Normally I don't think so, but now that the turmoil has happened, Warner executives have realized that Cao Xuan, the "Big Brother of Warner," has an influence within the company, which is comparable to the Dinghai Shenzhen.
This is normal. Most of Warner's dazzling achievements in the music industry in recent years were achieved by Cao Xuan alone.
If gods stand in the way, they will kill gods, and if Buddha stands in the way, they will kill Buddha. They rub several other record companies under him and rub against each other.
The old employees watched Cao Xuan single-handedly carry Warner to great heights, and many new employees came here because of the reputation of Cao Xuan and First Records.
Everyone knows that Warner Bros. has Cao Xuan in charge and dominates the Chinese music scene. Now that the magic needle is about to go, it’s strange that everyone doesn’t panic.
Under Huang Minxia's persuasion, Zhou Jianhui also calmed down.
"What does Cao Xuan mean?"
"Cao Xuan himself did not reply. He was attending an event in the Magic City and immediately flew to South Korea to promote it. It was Fanxing's vice president Jiang Yue who negotiated with us."
"They are hiding from us."
Zhou Jianhui frowned. The relationship between Warner and Cao Xuan was not a simple cooperative relationship. The two parties went from the trough to the glory together, and they had friendship with each other.
It’s not like no one has poached Cao Xuan before. As long as Warner comes forward to actively communicate with Cao Xuan, the danger can be averted.
Cao Xuan has always expressed his attitude openly to Warner, fighting for his own interests and rarely evasive, which also made Warner understand that Cao Xuan really has no intention of changing jobs.
But this time Cao Xuan avoided seeing him, somewhat to avoid the offensive of friendship and to conduct official business.
Zhou Jianhui's face became more serious, it seemed that this incident was more serious than he imagined.
"What did she say?"
"As a friend, she revealed Sony's price tag to us. When other conditions are roughly equal to ours, the signing fee of 100 million still has the Japanese market."
"Damn, these devils are crazy."
Zhou Jianhui didn't hold back and spat out dirty words again.
With a signing fee of 100 million, coupled with Cao Xuan's already very generous various dividend ratios, Cao Xuan can hardly make any money based on his current album output.
But he also understood that Cao Xuan's valuable assets were not just the dividends from his albums and concerts.
Its own influence and achievements provide even more terrifying help to enterprises.
If Sony (China) and Warner (China) are both listed companies now, then Cao Xuan's entry and exit will have a polarizing effect on the stock prices of the two companies, which will either skyrocket or collapse.
Although both companies are not listed now, and the stock prices are not considered for the time being, there are still fluctuations in the parent company, and the market value and influence are greatly changed.
But this is not Zhou Jianhui's biggest headache.
Warner originally prepared an extremely generous signing fee for Cao Xuan. The two parties had been negotiating before, and they were discussing between 50 and 60 million, and Warner's base price was 65 million.
Now it seems that the signing fee will definitely increase, no matter what, it will be 80 million.
Coupled with some concessions in other areas and the old friendship with Cao Xuan, it can almost offset Sony's 100 million.
But the Japanese market, Sony's home base, is Warner's weakness.
As Asia's largest music market, Sony's bargaining chip is not small. It even operates well and is much more valuable than the 100 million signing fee.
Zhou Jianhui thought about it and calculated in his mind for a moment before he said: "Now we can only ask the head office for help. Cao Xuan has always planned to enter the European and American markets. If he wants to surpass Sony this time, he must win it for him."
Enough resources are tilted.”
"Will the head office agree?"
"You have to agree even if you don't agree. Besides, a superstar who owns the Asian market, why don't they agree."
Zhou Jianhui showed his domineering attitude as the president and took out his mobile phone: "I will contact Adam (President of Warner Asia) now, and then we will contact the head office together. You go and book a flight immediately. I will go to South Korea to interview Cao Xuan."
"clear."
Huang Minxia left in a hurry, while Zhou Jianhui prepared a draft and made a phone call.
"Hey, boss..."
………
At the same time, Cao Xuan, accompanied by a group of staff, got off the plane and arrived at Incheon International Airport in South Korea.
His visit to Korea this time was jointly arranged by Fanxing and Warner Bros., and was accepted by local organizers in Korea.
It was Cao Xuan's first visit to South Korea. Warner and the organizers wanted to make it more lively and announced the flight to the public.
So as soon as Cao Xuan walked out of the airport exit, he saw hundreds of Korean fans crowded around the door.
These Korean fans uniformly wore red peaked caps with the word "Cao" printed on them, and held up light signs with Cao Xuan's name and photo printed on them, with Chinese and Korean characters "??" written on them.
This is the first time Cao Xuan knows that his name is written like this in Korean, and it looks a little strange.
Especially the first word is very reminiscent, but it does fit with [Cao]...
Cao Xuan asked about the translation afterwards. It was probably a transliteration, which was not very standard. It was equivalent to Hamburger and Hamburger in Chinese and English.
In Korean history, there was a minister named Jo Hun (Chinese), who was translated into Korean as [??], which shows the magic of this accent.
When Cao Xuan was struggling with his name, the Korean fans at the door saw Cao Xuan coming out wearing a down jacket and immediately fell into madness.
"Ahhh!"
"Cao Xuan Oppa!"
"Oh my god, mom, I saw Cao Xuan."
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Oppa."
"Cao Xuan, I love you (Chinese)"
"..."
Cao Xuan, who was walking and waving, heard someone shouting in Chinese. He looked over and found that they were several Korean girls. They must have learned Chinese on purpose.
The index finger and thumb of the left hand intersected and made a heart sign: "Sarah Hey Yo (I love you)!"
"Ahhhh!!!"
The atmosphere at the scene was explosive again. Although they didn't particularly understand the meaning of the gesture, [Sarah Heyyo] still understood it.
For foreign celebrities like this, it is more pleasing to them to speak a few words in their fans' native language.
For example, if foreign celebrities who come to China can speak a few words in Chinese, their fans will be very happy. In the same way, if Cao Xuan goes to South Korea to "confess" to his fans in Korean, he will also get enthusiastic feedback from Korean fans.
Cao Xuan himself was a bit nationalistic and did not have a good impression of many foreigners, especially foreigners who had bad relations with China.
But he can still look at the fans who really like him in a different light, and is willing to give them some care and happiness within his ability.
After comparing their feelings and waving goodbye to the fans, Cao Xuan got into the commercial vehicle and headed to the hotel.
When I first arrived at the hotel, I met Lee Chae-young, the person in charge of the organizer, who is also the vice president of JYP.
The three giants of Korean entertainment companies that will become famous in the future have only been established for less than five years, and even the name of JYP was just changed last year.
At present, JYP is still far away from the giants, but it is doing well.
Warner's business in South Korea is limited, so Cao Xuan's trip to South Korea was arranged by JYP, which was responsible for arranging Cao Xuan's book signings, variety shows and other activities.
"Mr. Cao, thank you for your hard work."
"It's not hard. The fans in Seoul are very enthusiastic. Thank you for the arrangement."
Cao Xuan shook the hand of this young Korean woman in her thirties. Korea's plastic surgery industry had not yet fully developed. Along the way, Cao Xuan really didn't realize how many "beauties" there were in Korea.
After chatting with Li Caiying for a while, Cao Xuan went to the hotel room to rest after catching the plane.
This hotel is adjacent to the Han River. Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, you can see the night view of the Han River at night.
Frankly speaking, the scenery is quite good, but Cao Xuan has been wondering why such a large Han River exceeds the standard?
