Chapter 276 Entertainment Empire
When Yang Mo woke up the next day, she received a call from Lu Xueman. Lu Xueman said to Yang Mo excitedly, "Yang Mo, you were on the news last night. CCTV strongly praised your patriotism. They spent three minutes introducing you out of a total of thirty minutes. You are treated like a young leader!"
News broadcast?
Yang Mo frowned and muttered in confusion, and asked in confusion: "What did I do? Why did I go on that show? Did you give me money?"
After Yang Mo said this, Lu Xueman on the other end was particularly upset and said, "Brother, do you think you can buy your way onto the News Broadcast? And give you a special topic? I'm an agent, not a god. Now, you can be considered the most popular person in China. The fans love you, and now the official has also started to send you gifts. It's amazing!"
"Is it as serious as you say? Isn't it just on the news? Young people don't like to watch that."
"Oh my goodness, my big star. Don't you know the importance of the News Broadcast? The News Broadcast has specially inserted your topic, which means that you have been officially recognized and are the focus of praise. In short, you are completely famous now." Lu Xueman couldn't help but get excited as she spoke.
Yang Mo, however, felt that it was nothing. He was about to speak when Lu Xueman spoke again: "Do you know who watches the news broadcast? Officials, top businessmen, and middle-aged and elderly people who care about national affairs. In a sense, these are all upper-class people in society. Now that the government supports you, domestic entrepreneurs will definitely use your positive image to increase their cooperation with you. By then, won't you be overwhelmed with endorsements?"
At this point, Yang Mo finally understood: "Oh, why didn't you say it earlier? If you had just said that my income would increase significantly, I would have known. Aren't you dizzy with all the beating around the bush?"
"You're so depressed. Is it possible that you only think about money?" Lu Xueman said angrily, "Don't you know the political impact of this matter? This will make you jump from an ordinary big star to a young leader, don't you know? It's a foregone conclusion that you will become a representative in the future?"
"Does this have a lot to do with me?" Yang Mo still asked puzzled.
"Everyone is trying their best to get into the power arena, but you, on the other hand, didn't take it seriously when you had a great opportunity." Lu Xueman said speechlessly: "Don't tell me you don't desire power at all? In addition to money, you must have other pursuits, such as social status or something."
"I really didn't. I'll just follow your arrangements, okay?" Yang Mo had just woken up and felt a little dizzy. He really didn't want to argue with Lu Xueman, so he settled for the second best and simply handed everything over to Lu Xueman and played the role of a hands-off boss.
"That's the only way ." Lu Xueman nodded, and continued, "Nike is now repurchasing shares on a large scale. I think they should agree to give you corresponding shares. But I don't think they will give you the decision-making power."
"It's enough to have equity. Why do I need decision-making power? I don't bother to care about the trivial matters in their board of directors." Yang Mo said unhappily.
"That's true. You can't make a decision with your IQ." Lu Xueman complained, and before Yang Mo could refute, she continued, "You have to attend our Baofeng Agency's press conference tomorrow morning. At the same time , we will also announce the participation of Girls' Generation."
"Have you reached an agreement with SM Company?" Yang Mo said with some surprise. As far as he knew, SM Company was unwilling to let go of Girls' Generation, the cash cow that could bear golden apples.
"Not only did we reach an agreement, we also established a strategic partnership with them. In the future, when our Baofeng Entertainment Company becomes bigger and stronger, we can even hand over the Korean agency rights of Girls' Generation to them. When they heard about the benefits, they happily agreed. Small companies are small companies and cannot be compared with our international entertainment company." Lu Xueman said with great contempt, showing her true colors as a strong woman.
After hearing this, Yang Mo couldn't help but laugh, and then asked, "Can I ask timidly, how many artists have Baofeng Agency signed?"
"We have already established contact with the head of CAA's agency department. As long as we need him, he can jump over at any time and bring us three or more superstars. By the way, Kristen Stewart is no longer your friend. You have to use your connections to help me win her over." Lu Xueman said very generously.
Lu Xueman's words were generous, but Yang Mo felt very embarrassed after hearing them. It's not because he couldn't do it. He believed that with Kristen's love for Yang Mo, it would not be difficult to achieve this. But... he felt that it was too despicable to use love to kidnap a person's will. He didn't want to involve his personal feelings with work and money. The reason he signed a contract with Girls' Generation was that he stand the exploitative contracts of those Korean companies. So, after a moment of silence, he slowly said: "Sorry, I don't want to do this. For me, private feelings are private feelings, and work is work. I don't want to confuse the two."
"Um... okay, then let the agent do the lobbying." Lu Xueman nodded. She could understand Yang Mo's difficulties, so she didn't persuade him to the end.
"Well, is there anything else?" Yang Mo asked.
"They are all invitations to movies. Let's talk about them during your off-season." Lu Xueman smiled bitterly and shook her head, saying helplessly, "To be honest, I don't even know whether you are a player or an actor now. In addition to The Expendables and The Fast and the Furious, there are five other movies I'm talking to, some of which even offer a salary of 20 million US dollars. Why don't you just stop playing basketball and make movies? After you finish making these movies, I guess your salary in your entire career won't be this much."
"Haha. I'll talk about it after I win enough championships." Yang Mo laughed. Of course, he couldn't retire now. He would consider this matter after he fulfilled his dream of becoming the best basketball player. As for the movie, he could just shoot it during the off-season.
"Okay, let's contact each other tomorrow. Bye!" Lu Xueman said this and quickly hung up the phone because she was afraid that Yang Mo would tease her on the phone. But after hanging up, she couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, thinking that being teased would not cause any loss, but would make her happy and joyful for the whole day.
Compared with Lu Xueman's disappointment, Yang Mo went to bed after hanging up the phone. He counted his wealth with his fingers, but found that he couldn't figure it out at all, because... it was too much, and it was increasing every day!
