I really don't want to be the top streamer anymore

Chapter 338 Guest appearances by characters from "Squid Game"
For Shang Yuxin, she was indeed feeling quite conflicted.

She is not Song Youyou. It can be said that since her debut, Shang Yuxin has attached great importance to netizens' evaluation of her.

Whenever there are comments complaining about her poor acting skills, I get depressed for a long time.

Of course, given her personality, she would not let other people see it.

But in fact, I have seen many CP fans of Xiaokong, Su Zhi and Song Youyou before, but I didn’t feel much about it at that time.

As his relationship with Xu Kong reached the point where he knew Xu Kong inside out, it was natural that he felt a little uncomfortable.

However, if Xu Kong really had nothing to do with the two of them, she would not care so much, but the key to the problem lies here. Of course, she knows that Xu Kong is likely to have further entanglements with the two of them.

But she has always been a smart person, or maybe she thinks she can't bear to have this window paper broken.

Anyway, although he didn't dare tell Xu Kong directly, he couldn't help but care about it in his heart.

However, with the release of "Sweet Honey", there were netizens who supported the couple. However, the country has been dominated by the couple parties of Su Xu and Xu You.

So Xu Kong and her CP fans are actually on the side of Kimchi.

Many people are saying that the two are too well-matched, or that they are a perfect match.

Although Shang Yuxin learned some of the Korean characters and language, she still couldn't understand most of it and could only use some machine translation tools on the Internet.

However, this does not affect Shang Yuxin's ability to watch with great interest for half a day every time.

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"what happened?"

Xu Kong's voice brought Shang Yuxin back to her senses a little.

He smiled and replied, "It's okay."

At this time, the two were at the airport in Beijing, preparing to go to Kimchi.

Although Shang Yuxin said before that she wanted to spend some time alone with Xu Kong, of course, she also thought so in her heart.

But this time, I went to Kimchi with him for some serious business.

A beauty brand from Korea is looking for Shang Yuxin to be its spokesperson. Although the endorsement fee is not very high, the brand is considered to be well-known in Korea and even in China.

The most important thing is that this time Shang Yuxin is endorsing not the domestic market, but the kimchi market.

This means that after the popularity of the movie "Sweet Honey", the business now has a relatively high commercial value in Korea.

At least the audience knows it.

Of course, the brand owners of kimchi are not stupid either.

Shang Yuxin's appearance is indeed quite elegant.

At least in Xu Kong's opinion, compared with some Korean female stars who are relatively like clones, Shang Yuxin is even a dimensionality reduction attack.

……

In fact, the best option is to wait until "Squid Game" is broadcast. During that period of time, Shang Yuxin's popularity is expected to experience a qualitative leap.

Of course, at the same time, the corresponding endorsement fees have also risen.

However, after Fengge and especially Linhong's analysis, they felt that there was no need to care about this part of the endorsement fee.

In fact, with Shang Yuxin's current popularity and fame, her endorsement fee in China will not be low.

The reason for starring in this drama is to open up overseas markets including kimchi.

There is no need to calculate the endorsement fee so clearly.

If "Squid Game" really becomes a hit, we can just consider it as the brand that invited Shang Yuxin having better vision.

The most important thing is that it’s only a one-year contract, and it won’t have much impact on Shang Yuxin’s subsequent commercial affairs after the broadcast of “Squid Game”.

You can also take advantage of the fact that before the show is released, through the advertisements of this beauty brand, Shang Yuxin can show her face more often to the Korean audience to make herself familiar to them.

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"You've learned Korean quite well."

On the plane, Xu Kong couldn't help but speak when he heard Shang Yuxin sitting next to him.

Shang Yuxin has been learning Korean recently or since a while ago.

In terms of business ability and ambition, Shang Yuxin has never given people any cause for concern.

Even after meeting Xu Kong, Shang Yuxin did have someone she could trust and rely on.

But the way she works hard for her career has not changed at all.

"It's actually OK. It's not difficult. I just don't have much interest in it. I force myself to learn it."

Shang Yuxin answered.

She herself has no interest in the culture of kimchi.

No, what kind of culture can Kimchi have? It's almost all stolen from others.

However, she and Xu Kong still have some consistent ideas.

That's making money, not shameful.

It's not about flattering, but basic business skills are still needed.

This will help to better reap the benefits later on.

Many Korean companies have made a lot of money in the country.

Now it's time to give some of it back.

Especially in China, when facing fans who like you, it is actually inevitable to have some dignity and at least maintain the proper decency.

But when it comes to kimchi, there is no burden at all.

These were some of the remarks Xu Kong had made to her before, and Shang Yuxin naturally agreed with them.

……

As for Xu Kong, he actually can speak Korean, and he speaks it quite well.

After all, in my previous life, I had been a trainee there for a while, but I failed to make my debut successfully, so I switched from exporting to domestic sales.

Of course, this experience does have a bit of a dark history flavor to him.

Even in the previous life, I was not very willing to talk about it.

I didn't expect that this experience would be so useful.

At least on the Korean side, people like him will be liked by more fans on the other side.

This will be of great help to Xu Kong's subsequent layout and plans.

Although he came here with Shang Yuxin, the two of them really didn't have much time to spend together.

As soon as we got off the plane, we were forced to separate.

After all, they were not here for tourism, and both of them had their own things to do.

Moreover, Xu Kong is quite pressed for time.

It was only the second day after arriving in Kimchi, and I had to join the crew to shoot my guest role.

Xu Kong also met the leading actor of "Squid Game".

... "Hello, Director Xu!"

The other person is called Park Ji-sung, and he is a well-known first-line actor in Korea.

Of course, he is not young either.

I'm almost forty, and although I've never been out of fashion, my career has been in a bottleneck period for a long time.

The reason he agreed to star in "Squidward Gaming" this time was actually not that high a salary, but he valued the potential of the script of "Squidward Gaming" more.

Of course he could feel that if this drama were broadcast in Korea, it would probably be very popular.

Although he didn't know much about the production capabilities of Huaxia Company, there were still many people from their hometown in the entire crew, so the quality of the film should not be bad. At least there were industry professionals who understood their market.

It was different from what Xu Kong had in mind. So-called seniors in the circle like Park Ji-sung generally rarely gave their juniors a very good look.

Especially in private, the culture of kimchi, where those who entered the industry a year earlier can beat and scold their juniors at will, is something Xu Kong experienced in his previous life.

But now, facing this junior who was obviously much younger than him, Park Ji-sung was being too polite.

Even when shaking hands with him, I had to bend over specifically.

It seems that the people in the kimchi industry are not completely brain-dead, or in fact, there are not many really stupid people in this industry. They just judge the food by the dish and are simply bad.

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Of course, Park Ji-sung actually didn't know Xu Kong's judgment of his first impression at this time.

But he is definitely not stupid.

First of all, Xu Kong is not from Korea, so he is actually quite tolerant of the other party not following their so-called rules.

Secondly, and most crucially.

As the leading actor of the entire drama, he certainly knew that the script of "Squid Game" was written by Xu Kong.

And although Xu Kong was not present, the director was actually communicating with Xu Kong throughout the filming of the entire drama.

And he didn't shy away from this at all. Sometimes, he even video-called Xu Kong on the set.

Then ask the other party for some relevant opinions.

In this regard, Xu Kong obviously has a higher say in the entire drama than director Yao Guanyu.

In addition, he also obtained some relevant information through his own channels.

Xu Kong is not just an artist or a director or screenwriter. In addition, he is also one of the bosses of the company that invested in this drama.

Obviously, no matter what, the other party was not someone he could afford to offend.

Moreover, he attaches so much importance to this drama that he certainly doesn't want any unexpected situations to occur.

As for whether his attitude at this time was a bit too humble, Park Ji-sung himself actually didn't feel much.

After all, this is actually a very normal phenomenon in the entertainment industry in Korea.

If he meets some big Korean directors or investors, he might lower his attitude even more.

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"For this scene only, do we need to go over the lines first?"

Yao Guanyu knew that Xu Kong was pretty good at speaking Korean.

In addition, the script of the entire drama was also written by him, including the Korean version of the script given to local Korean actors such as Park Ji-sung, which were also written by Xu Kong.

So even though he had just joined the crew, Yao Guanyu felt that there wouldn't be too many problems if he started filming right away.

"Just come directly."

"There should be no problem with Mr. Park, right?"

When Park Ji-sung heard Xu Kong's words, he nodded as a matter of course.

There weren't actually many lines in this scene, and in order to leave a good impression on Xu Kong, he had memorized all the lines long beforehand.

"Then change your clothes and put on makeup first, and come directly when the time comes."

Xu Kong spoke.

Although the director of the entire drama was Yao Guanyu, he had no objection to Xu Kong's direct arrangement at this time.

The main reason is that before, I had only seen Xu Kong's works and knew his talent, but I didn't have much feeling about his specific abilities.

But after the filming of "Squid Game" and so many exchanges with Xu Kong, he had already been completely convinced.

In fact, there are not many directors that Yao Guanyu really respects.

Even for Feng Ge back then, there were only a few well-known directors who really impressed him.

Yao Guanyu is indeed a genius. Although he started late in his career, he was able to produce many low-cost web dramas that are still occasionally revisited by netizens, relying on a very limited budget and even poor conditions.

When Zhu Changyun was planning to leave, the other party also invited him individually, but was rejected by Yao Guanyu.

He never mentioned this matter, mainly because he didn't want to show his loyalty to Feng Ge by doing such a thing.

The reason why he refused at that time was not because of his loyalty to Feng Ge, but simply because he couldn't stand Zhu Changyun's face of a superior.

There are actually quite a few people similar to Yao Guanyu within Fengge.

Of course, it was those people who deliberately said everywhere that they rejected Zhu Changyun or the olive branch from Changyun Film and Television, but in fact Zhu Changyun never looked down on them.

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After Xu Kong finished putting on makeup and changing clothes, she obviously dazzled many people on the set.

Especially some of the female staff members on the Korean side of the crew were visibly excited.

Xu Kong had been wearing a mask and a hat just now, although everyone knew that Xu Kong was very handsome. After all, many people present had seen Xu Kong's "Sweet Honey", or at least had seen some photos of him on the Internet.

But when I really met the real person, the feeling was still completely different.

It is quite different from the image in "Sweet Honey" where he looked rather dull, smiled shyly from time to time, and seemed a little unconfident.

This time, Xu Kong wore a black suit that showed off his figure very well. His hairstyle also became relatively mature, and his whole temperament was completely different.

That kind of elegance, calmness, and occasional confident smile is really too lethal to girls, especially the many young girls present.

Soon, a young girl in the crew lounge secretly took out her cell phone and was about to take a secret photo, but was stopped by her companions.

"Can't shoot!"

Due to some agreements related to the crew, the character's image photos cannot be revealed in advance. The girl who was stopped also realized this at this time and quickly put her phone back.

……

As for Yao Guanyu at this time, he was in a very good mood.

He didn't expect that although Xu Kong was young, he fit the image of this character so well. He was almost the same as he imagined, just a little younger.

But that's hardly a problem.

And Xu Kong only appears in this one scene, so he is sort of like an easter egg character.

What we took into consideration before was that Xu Kong himself was quite popular among the Koreans.

But now it seems that even if the audience does not know Xu Kong, Xu Kong's appearance in this appearance is enough to surprise the audience.

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(End of this chapter)