828. The State Chaebol
The second-generation girl group is the pinnacle of the girl group and the pinnacle of the Korean Wave.
As a person who has come over, Zhou Fangyuan knows very well that with the passage of time, with the end of the second-generation girl groups, Nanxian's entertainment industry will inevitably begin to decline. After all, the popularity and heritage accumulated over the past ten years do not mean that they can be lost in one or two years. But the overall decline is inevitable, on the one hand, because of the development of the Chinese entertainment industry, the rapid development of movies, television, variety shows and other programs. After years of study, I already have my own set of models, coupled with the penetration of various local consortia in the entertainment industry in China, I mentioned the bad side earlier, but what about the good side? That is, the entertainment industry is not short of money. If there is no shortage of money, you can be willing to pay for it, and the quality of the program can be improved to a certain extent.
Secondly, the entertainment circles of other countries in Southeast Asia are also developing, and after years of baptism of the Korean Wave, everyone is not stupid, don't you know how to learn some experience from it? Even if you can't make a complete system like Nanxian, it can also play a role in promoting the cultivation of local stars in various countries.
Therefore, with the continuous development of the entertainment industry in China and many countries in Southeast Asia, the Korean Wave will inevitably begin to shrink. Of course, it is not completely finished, at least before Zhou Fangyuan's rebirth, there will be various stars or excellent TV works in Nanxian that will be broadcast in China, but overall, it is really far from the era of the second-generation girl group.
As mentioned earlier, 05 was almost a period when a generation and a half girl groups were active. It is a girl group that is between the first generation of girl groups and the second generation of girl groups, and can be regarded as a semi-finished girl group.
Wait until around 07, a more mature second-generation girl group will appear, and then sweep the world.
Behind them are the top ten entertainment companies in Nanxian.
SM,.Entertainment is a large-scale artist planning and agency in Nam Xian, founded in 1989 by singer-turned-singer Lee so-man. Its name "SM" is an abbreviation of the English "Star Museum", which means "Star Museum, Hall of Fame".
JYP, in November 1997, Park Jin-young registered a small brokerage company called "Taehong" with the help of a friend for 50 million won. In April 2001, Taihong officially changed its name to JYP Entertainment. After the successful reform of JYP, it was divided into three divisions: the Record Planning Department, the Overseas Business Department, and the Industrial Relations Department. At present, Zhou Fangyuan is one of the directors of this company, and he is the largest individual shareholder, and transferred some of his shares to Han Jiaren, if the two speak at the same time, they can easily influence the decision-making level of JYP.
YG, YG Entertainment is one of the largest entertainment agencies in Nam Xian and the entertainment company with the most Hip Hop singers in Nam Xian. It is a well-known listed entertainment company in Nam Xian (listing date: November 23, 2011), founded in 1996 by Yang Hyun-seok, one of the members of the disbanded popular 90s group "Seo Tae-ji and the Children".
DSP, the full name of DSP company is DSPEntertainment, founded in DSP1991, there have been four more successful combinations, which is later known as IDOL, SECHSKIES (Crystal Boy), .L, Click-B and so on.
CJ, CJ Entertainment Group is similar to LG in that it is a super company, and CJ's subordinate entertainment group is the main film producer and distributor of Namxian.
BIG HIT, Big Hit Entertainment is a music-based all-round entertainment company in Nanxian. Founded in 2005 by Hitman Bang, also known as Fang Shi He, Fang Shi Hyuk is also a music producer and composer for JYP Entertainment. Because of the relationship between the founders, Big Hit and JYP Entertainment belong to a cooperative relationship, in addition, the emergence of this company, also has the help of Zhou Fangyuan, he provided Fang Shihe with a lot of financial support, in the form of shares, after all, he is also the major shareholder of JYP, and it is not difficult to take advantage of the trend to invest in subordinate enterprises.
Pledis Entertainment, one of the Namxian entertainment companies, was founded by Han Sung-so in 2007. The company has popular artists such as Sun Danfei, After School, Orange Caramel, NU'EST, Hello Venus, Seventeen, and Pristin.
FNC, FNC Entertainment, an entertainment company founded by music and drama director Han Seung-ho, the company was established in 2006 as FNC Music, and changed its name to FNC Entertainment in 2012, developing into a comprehensive entertainment company. At the same time, FNC Entertainment also created its own music education system, FNC Academy. The college has the best and most professional teachers to teach students, and also trains artists and discovers new talents. The company's artists include Yoo Jae-seok, Jung Hyung-don, Roh Hong-chul, FTISLAND, CNBLUE, AOA, N.Flying, Lee Dong-kun, Park Jung-hyun, Kim Min-seo, Jung Woo, Jung Hae-in, Jung Hye-sung, Kwak Dong-yeon, SF9, etc.
StarShip, StarShip Entertainment is the record label of Nam Xian. It is an up-and-coming entertainment company in Nam Xian. StarShip was spun off from Big Hit Entertainment, the company of JYP composer Bang Se-hyuk, one of the five major entertainment companies in Namxian, and was initially an affiliate of JYP and later became independent. Its artists include the girl group SISTAR and Cosmic Girl. Lyric singers, Lee Hyun-ji, JooYoung, actors Moon Ji-in, Kim Da-yi, boy groups Boyfriend, Monsta X, rapper singer Mad Clown, Junggigo, who signed in 2013, and Jung Se-woon, who was born in Kpop star.
Of course, the latter three will appear in turn when the second-generation girl group detonates the world and the Korean Wave reaches its peak. However, since the current time point is 05 years, it is obvious that the three companies behind do not exist now, and only the first few entertainment companies control the main entertainment resources of Nanxian.
Also, what is a digression here?
That is, everyone in the world occasionally says that Nanxian is a country ruled by a consortium, so some people may still have doubts, in fact, really, looking at the forces behind these big companies in the entertainment industry, you should be able to have a more intuitive impression.
Specifically, there are those consortia standing behind these entertainment companies, which is really indescribable, because this is not a simple competitive competition, you are you and I am me, the mutual relationship between shareholders, cross-shareholding, etc., in short, it is very complicated. It can only be said that the largest shareholder behind SM is the Li family, and there is no doubt about it.
Other major companies are probably like this, but few of those consortiums will invest in a single company, everyone is cross-shareholding, and cooperation is greater than competition with each other. Anyway, it is to set up a list and set up an award, and if the people below want to compete, then just compete. The top is only responsible for making money and hiding identities. The hotter the trouble below, the faster the money will come, and there are still some female stars who use filial piety during the period, which is the real purpose of the consortium's investment in the entertainment industry.
The main reason is to make money, and as the Korean Wave continues to grow in Asia, it has quickly attracted these big conglomerates to enter the entertainment industry. Just like the Chinese entertainment industry a few years later, it's just that Nan Xian's side reacted faster and started more ruthlessly.
The consortium on Nanxian's side is indeed very ruthless.
Some people say that the whole of Nanxian is a country controlled by a consortium, which is really not nonsense.
Here's a very simple example.
Before Zhou Fangyuan's rebirth, in 2014, Zhao Xian'e, the eldest princess of Hanjin Group, took a plane from her own airline to Seoul. When the plane was waiting for takeoff on the runway, Zhao Xian'e suddenly made a noise about not letting the plane take off because of the service problems of the flight attendants. And the reason was actually because a bag of macadamia nuts provided by the flight attendant was not placed on the plate. The whole thing, because of a small plate, caused the plane to be delayed for 20 minutes. This is only a small part of Zhao Xian'e's demon. In the eyes of the people of Nanxian, Zhao Xian'e is a "disgrace to the country" and what she does is "chaebol oppression of the people", but this voice is obviously not painful at all.
The same thing, if it is put in the United States, even if it can't really be done to her, but at the very least, the air police will definitely subdue her as soon as possible. If it were in China, the police uncle would not let go of such a figure who obviously might endanger public safety.
But after the Nut Gate on the plane broke out, Zhao Xian'e, who caused a serious safety hazard accident, was finally sentenced to only 10 months in prison and suspended for two years. After the trial, Zhao got into his limousine and left. The purser, who didn't put the nuts on the plate, was repressed at every turn within Korean Air, and in 2018 he was cleaning economy class toilets.
In fact, in Nanxian, a country where chaebols are rampant, it is a normal operation to punish the rich. For example, the well-known President Park case, after the "girlfriend interfered in politics" incident, former President Park Jinhui of Nam Xian was impeached and prosecuted for corruption, bribery and election rigging. In July 2018, she was sentenced to 32 years and will need to stay in prison until she is 98 years old. And the bribe was none other than Lee Jae-yong, the son of the famous chairman of the Samsung Group and vice chairman of the group. In 2018, the Seoul High Court convicted Lee of corruption with two years and six months, suspended for four years. At the end of the trial, Lee Jae-yong went straight home.
That's right, Nanxian is such a magical country. In this country, all presidents end up in prison after leaving office. Except for Park, Park was directly dismissed when he was in office. And the chaebols and their relatives, no matter what they do, will always give them suspended sentences: Kim Dong-sun, the third son of Hanwha Group chairman, once beat up a waiter in a bar and vandalized a police vehicle after the police arrived. 8 months in prison, suspended for 2 years.
Choi Cheol-won, a cousin of the founder of Namxian SK Group, violently beat a former employee with a baseball bat and offered to pay 20 million won for the beating.
You think it's unimaginable? But that's the truth.
The reason why the chaebols in Nanxian can cover the sky with one hand is not unrelated to the economic power they firmly hold in their hands. According to statistics from recent years, more than 80% of Nanxian's annual GDP is covered by the 10 largest chaebols. Looking at the list, many of them are familiar brands: Samsung, Hyundai, LG, Kia, etc......
Among them, Samsung, the largest of them, contributes more than 20% of GDP. In addition to the well-known Samsung mobile phones, semiconductors and screens, Samsung is also involved in real estate, insurance, credit cards, heavy industry and many other businesses. So Nan Xian has a saying: "Samsung takes care of all your business from birth to grave".
The same is true of other chaebols, who, after possessing their own strengths, have taken advantage of their strong economic advantages to expand and merge large and small enterprises that rarely exist in Nannan. Each consortium has become a huge monster, controlling every aspect of the Nanxian people. There is no place for small and medium-sized enterprises. If ordinary people want to have a good life, the only serious thing to do is to study hard and work in the chaebol group. or lucky enough to marry into a wealthy family, which may be why the domineering president of Nanxian fell in love with my serial.
After taking control of Nanxian economically, these chaebols extended their minions to Nanxian's political circles. In the 1970s, when Park's father, President Park, was in power, these chaebols were still afraid of the dictator's iron-fisted politics and did not dare to act. But after the democratization of Nam Xian in the late 1980s, political parties became increasingly dependent on chaebol funding. The election gradually turned into a contest of the politics of the various chaebols. The Nanxian government has also turned into an agent of the chaebols, providing help, reducing taxes, and solving problems for the chaebols everywhere.
The people of Nanxian have deep grievances against the Nanxian chaebol. Every election is a desire for a new leader to change the situation, break the chaebol monopoly, and remove the chaebol's privileges in the government. President Nanxian, who is sandwiched in the middle, is naturally not a person inside and out.
Of course, the plutocratic economy is not without its benefits. As a country with a land area of only 100,000 square kilometers, it is remarkable that Nanxian has achieved such economic achievements today, from a poor country to a developed country with a per capita GDP of more than 30,000. The chaebols play a pivotal role in the economic development of Nanxian. Unlike countries like China and the United States, which have a lot of resources, a country like Nanxian with few people and few resources, can only choose a few specific industries for sudden development in the development of the economy: electronics, shipbuilding, car manufacturing, entertainment, etc.
Most of the existing Nam Xian chaebols were founded before 1950. With the economic take-off of Nanxian, they gradually grew, and with the great help of the government, they entered the electronics, shipbuilding, and car manufacturing industries, and achieved the world's top level. But at the same time, they also relied on the huge profits they made in these industries to merge and expand wildly. In the end, the top ten chaebols who controlled Nanxian stood out. There are many companies in other countries, but the enterprises in Nanxian have one country.
Nanxian's consortium is so powerful, as small as a toothpick, as big as an apartment, including a bank and a cemetery, they are all in control, and ordinary people can indeed live in a world with only three stars.
They control all aspects of this country, so the entertainment industry will naturally not let it go.
Yuanfang Group can gain a foothold here, in fact, to a large extent, thanks to the help of Samsung. Nanxian is a very xenophobic country, and it is also very repulsive to foreign forces, and Samsung acts as a lubricant in this, so that other local consortia can easily accept distant groups. After all, Samsung now needs the mobile phone glass and mobile phone operation software provided by the Yuanfang Group, otherwise it is basically impossible for their Samsung mobile phones to go on sale. And the Yuanfang Group is not here to shake their foundation, and the Yuanfang Group does not have that ability, his purpose is only to make money, and the focus has always been on the game industry and the entertainment industry, both of which are not very important industries that do not affect the people's livelihood of the country, so they can turn a blind eye to the existence of the Yuanfang Group.