boyutpedia Chapter 1027 Resources
Chapter 1027 Resources
Chapter 1027 Resources
Seeing this, the people around immediately applauded and cheered, and the celebration echoed throughout the conference room. GUCCI CEO Pizzari even opened a bottle of red wine that had been prepared long ago, took the initiative to pour a glass for Chi Jingyuan, and clinked glasses enthusiastically to celebrate.
The SM staff team was extremely happy and obviously very excited about the achievement of this promotion. They felt that they and their company were once again at the forefront of all the agencies and artists on the peninsula. The sense of honor and excitement far exceeded some of their jobs in China.
GUCCI, on the other hand, did not seem to be very aloof either. They were also very enthusiastic about signing the contract. During the negotiation process, several people familiar with SM shook hands and hugged each other enthusiastically, as if they were celebrating.
As insiders, they all knew that this signing and promotion was not requested by Chi Jingyuan and SM, but was proactively proposed by their brand and was their urgent request.
GUCCI was actually relieved to be able to reach this cooperation... They had recently heard that LV had been eyeing them covetously. They even sent an invitation to Chi Jingyuan for the dinner after the show the day before yesterday. After the show, it was said that the art director had a secret chat with him for half an hour. Everyone knew what they meant.
GUCCI can't let its cash cow run away.
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After the contract was signed, there was a banquet that had been prepared long ago. After the banquet, Chi Jingyuan returned to the Four Seasons Hotel suite booked for him by GUCCI. He took a shower and found that he had received text messages from Ming Jingnan, Zhou Ziyu and a few friends. When he was about to sit down and reply, there was a knock on the door of the room. He got up and opened it and found that it was Park Jae-hyun.
Today's work should have been finished. Before Chi Jingyuan could get confused, this guy came in with a stack of documents and explained, "The marketing director of GUCCI just told me something and wants to communicate with you."
"Oh? What's the matter?"
Chi Jingyuan took the initiative to get a cup of coffee for the brother, handed it to him and asked curiously.
“GUCCI has been on a downward trend in the past few years. It only began to reverse its decline after replacing artistic director Michele. However, the significant increase in revenue started last year when you were chosen as the spokesperson for the Asia-Pacific region.
The fastest growing region is Asia, especially the mainland and the Peninsula, which have become the two best-selling regions for luxury goods. The mainland is of course not to mention. Although the market in the Peninsula is far less than that in the mainland, the enthusiasm and proportion of luxury goods purchases are even higher than that in the mainland... This is also the reason why several top European luxury brands, including GUCCI, attach great importance to cooperating with you this time."
“Of course, these are just trends, but Jingyuan, your ability to bring goods is the most important.” At the end, Park Jae-hyun smiled and added: “Even if other artists are also very famous in Asia, it’s useless if they can’t bring goods.”
"Um……"
Although Park Jae-hyun's praise was obvious, Ji Jingyuan just nodded, drank a sip of coffee reservedly, and agreed without any modesty.
He is well aware of his own strengths. In fact, as Park Jae-hyun said, his appearance and temperament are very compatible with the word "luxury", and he looks good in any clothes he wears.
It's just like GD brother wearing women's clothes and there is no sense of incongruity.
Coupled with their own popularity, their ability to bring goods far exceeds that of ordinary artists and idols.
"...So according to the current development momentum, GUCCI wants to deepen its influence in Asia, and on the Peninsula, they want to get in touch with more artists..."
Park Jae-hyun quickly got to the point: "They want to reach cooperation with some Peninsula artists in a specific scope, including joint promotion, new product promotion, invitations to fashion shows and other activities, etc. They may first give them the status of a brand friend, and then give them the official title of brand ambassador after market research."
"According to GUCCI, they want more attempts, so they are very cautious in giving titles. It is totally incomparable to your title of global spokesperson, which is the highest level. Mr. Bissari is worried that you may misunderstand, so he asked me to explain it to you specifically."
"That's it..."
Chi Jingyuan nodded slowly after hearing this. He was not surprised by GUCCI's approach. The Asian market was so big that he couldn't occupy it all by himself.
However, if they directly bypassed him and collaborated with other Peninsula artists, even if Ji Jingyuan pretended not to see it, he would definitely be dissatisfied. GUCCI was very thoughtful and asked Park Jae-hyun to come and explain it specifically.
He drank his coffee and asked casually, "I see... is that it?"
"Ani, why would I come here specially at night for such a small matter..."
Park Jae-hyun shook his head: "... Because of you, SM and GUCCI have a very good relationship. You have opened up a lot of connections and contacts. So if GUCCI wants to try to cooperate with more Peninsula artists, it will naturally ask SM for their opinions to see if SM has any recommendations..."
"SM was extremely excited when they heard about it, thinking that they had finally gained access to connections and resources in Europe. They held a meeting overnight and contacted many of their artists' managers. After a lot of scrambling and exchanging of interests, they quickly came up with a list and handed it over to GUCCI."
As he was talking, he saw Chi Jingyuan showing an interested look. He smiled and handed over the information he brought. Then he seemed to remember something and suddenly laughed, and then said: "But the most interesting thing is... After GUCCI got the SM list, it didn't take it too seriously, because..."
He smiled brilliantly at Chi Jingyuan: "Because compared to SM, they actually value your opinion more."
"My opinion?" Chi Jingyuan had just taken the information and hadn't had time to read it yet. He looked up in surprise when he heard this.
"Inside."
Park Jae-hyun smiled and nodded, holding his coffee and sitting on the armrest of the sofa next to Chi Jingyuan: "I have talked with the senior executives of GUCCI's marketing department. Although they want to cooperate with more artists this time, compared with other artists, for GUCCI, holding on to you as a cash cow is the most important thing, so they took the initiative to ask SM."
“Initially, they actually wanted to consult your opinion as an exchange of interests. If the artist is suitable, they will directly adopt it, which can also be regarded as a gesture of goodwill to us... But SM did not understand GUCCI’s intentions and really thought that they could reach a large-scale cooperation with GUCCI. They excitedly took a list to them, but they later found out that we were not involved, so, hehe..."
“That’s quite interesting indeed.”
Chi Jingyuan finally understood what Park Jae-hyun was here for and couldn't help laughing. He crossed his legs and curiously opened the information about the artist that SM specially recommended.
There are indeed familiar faces on it.
The top girl BOA is on the first page, and turning the page, there are TVXQ's Jung Yunho and Shim Changmin, followed by Girls' Generation's Yoona and Red Velvet's Park Sooyoung. EXO only has Kim Jong-in.
The information is very detailed. Not only are there handsome and beautiful artistic photos, but also records of various activities and award-winning experiences. Each of them looks like an excellent and outstanding artist.
When I turned to the back page, I found that even the members of NCT who debuted last year, Lee Taeyong, Lee Mark, and Huang Xuxi were all that person's name.
This is not a simple list. Anyone who appears on this list has a high chance of getting the GUCCI title. This is the result of an exchange of interests and the agent's hard work.
Fashion-type resources require less work, have high exposure, are glamorous and prestigious, can help you make connections and expand resources, and can earn more. They are much better than the local schedules and resources such as variety shows, radio stations, and music shows on the peninsula, so fashion resources have always been the highest quality resources in the entertainment industry.
Not to mention top luxury resources like GUCCI. As long as the cooperation can be achieved and the title can be obtained, it will definitely be a huge improvement for all the people above.
Looking at these familiar faces and lists, Chi Jingyuan couldn't help but feel emotional.
SM really used his reputation to recommend many people to GUCCI.
But... the company didn't think about whether he was willing to recommend these people or share his resources and connections.
Although they are all familiar faces and often meet in the company and get along well with each other, they are still far from being willing to provide resources. Not to mention the two brothers of TVXQ and the younger generations of NCT, who are not very familiar with Ji Jingyuan at all.
SM wanted to rely on Chi Jingyuan's resources to push them over, but did not discuss it with Chi Jingyuan, which was indeed a bit too much.
Even if it was senior Yoona...even if Ji Jingyuan was her loyal fan, their relationship was not that good yet. He certainly would not take the initiative to offer such a scarce and top-quality resource. He would definitely give priority to his girlfriend and good friends.
If it was Kim Taeyeon, it would be OK...but SM seemed to know that this girl is not suitable for the fashion route, so she didn't appear on the list at all.
“And Jongin…”
"I understand that BOA and TVXQ's brothers can go up, but how did these NCT kids appear here..." Chi Jingyuan roughly flipped through the list, a sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he looked up at Park Jae-hyun: "So GUCCI wants me to recommend a few people to go up as well?
“Yes.” Park Jae-hyun nodded with a smile: “And unlike this carefully crafted one that was directly discarded, they will definitely carefully consider your suggestions, Jingyuan…”
“How many places are there?”
"They didn't say... but we definitely can't have too many. This time GUCCI is just trying it out. The Peninsula will probably select four or five people to cooperate with. They must have their own favorite targets... Since they are showing goodwill, we must stop at the right time."
"OK~"
Chi Jingyuan had previously considered whether there would be a chance to get some resources for his girlfriend or good friends during this fashion week, and GUCCI really catered to his wishes by giving him a pillow to sleep with.
He snapped his fingers, took out the notepad on his phone and started writing, ignoring everyone on the previous list.
The first one is Twice’s Naomichi Minami... No matter if they are from the same company or not, when something like this happens, the first person considered is of course the legal girlfriend.
Then there are Red Velvet’s Jiang Seulgi and EXO’s Wu Sehun.
These two friends and wingmen of the same age are simply his left and right wings... He is a very loyal person.
Then, Chi Jingyuan's hand suddenly paused as if he was hesitant. He thought for a while and wrote a few more names.
Update later tomorrow