There is a very ordinary-looking four-story yellow building in Cheongdam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea, but this featureless yellow building has created a group of very outstanding idol groups.

This four-story yellow building is the mecca of young men and girls with stars, and the headquarters of S.M Entertainment.

The founder of S.M Entertainment is Lee so-man, a singer who originally only sang in cafes, and with the support of his dream of building his own music empire, he borrowed money from friends and set up such an entertainment company.

Li Xiuman himself does not have many bright spots on the star road, but he has quite excellent means and vision in discovering talents and creating idols.

In 1996, they launched H.O.T, which became one of the most iconic idol groups in Korea in the late 90s, and then in 1997, they launched S.E.S, which is hailed as the first iconic girl group in K-pop, and the following year they launched the two groups into the Chinese and Japanese markets, setting off a Korean wave in Asia.

However, Li Xiuman was not satisfied with this, because of his ambition and let him do it......

In 1998, S.M Entertainment launched the second boy group after H.O.T, Myth and achieved good results, H.O.T and Myth respectively carved up the entire boy group market, and even DSP's Crystal Boy was only behind the two boy groups. However, only in the Chinese market, H.O.T is not the only group, there is another men's group, that is, NRG, which is on a par with H.O.T.

In 2000, S.M Entertainment once again launched a solo female singer targeting Asian superstars, and at the age of 14, Boa entered Japan and became a veritable Asian diva in just two years, with a reputation throughout Japan and South Korea.

In addition to making S.M Entertainment the leading boss of the Korean music industry in one fell swoop, the success of these superstars has also overinflated Lee so-man's ambition and desire for control, coupled with a group of blood-sucking boards behind the scenes, making S.M Entertainment a love-hate existence for fans.

In 2001, H.O.T was reluctant to renew his contract, so S.M Entertainment forcibly disbanded H.O.T and left Ahn Qi-hyun and Moon Hee-joon. The remaining three, Jang Woo-hyuk, Ahn Seung-ho and Lee Jae-won, formed another JYL to continue their activities, but they were completely banned by Lee so-man and S.M Entertainment.

In 2002, S.E.S was disbanded. Member Choi Sung-hee chose not to renew his contract and flew solo from SES, and the other two members, Yoo Jin and Yoo so-young, also chose not to renew their contract with S.M because of their treatment and studies, respectively, and the first generation of Hallyu girl groups became historical terms.

Due to the dissolution of the two heavenly groups, the impression of S.M Entertainment has fallen to the bottom, and its groups or artists and singers have been saddled with the curse of the 'five-year curse'.

Sure enough, this five-year curse is still fulfilled in S.M's only remaining boy group, Mythology. Due to the inhumane treatment and frequent and intensive announcements, and the fact that the personal income is not proportional to what is paid, the myth chose not to renew the contract in 2003, that is, in May of this year. At a huge cost, the Mythical Six bought the naming rights of Myth and the copyright of all songs from S.M Entertainment, so that they could continue to operate in the entertainment industry under the name of 'Mythology'.

Having said so much, in fact, in addition to making up the number of words, the most important thing is to explain one thing, Li Xiuman is an ambitious businessman.

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In the office of President S.M., a man with small eyes and gold-rimmed glasses is sitting in his seat, looking at a video on a computer screen. If you zoom in closely, you will find that the video that the man is watching is the video that Li Wei persuaded fans.

"Old Yu, what do you think?" the small-eyed man asked the man sitting directly across from him.

"I don't think much of ......" The man who looked very ordinary-looking said with disdain, this man was none other than Yu Yongzhen, who was accidentally offended by Li Wei, and naturally the person sitting opposite him was naturally Li Xiuman, the **oss.

"Lao Yu, are you still holding a grudge? To be honest, this young man's comment is very pertinent, TVXQ's song "hug" is indeed only of the middle level, not a classic. Li Xiuman said.

"How can I hold a grudge...... although Yu Yongzhen said so, but from his expression, it meant the opposite.

"Hehehe...... Lao Yu, you have to be a lot, after all, the other party is still very young. "If you let trainees or debut artists see Li Xiuman's kind appearance, they will be surprised.

Li Xiuman doesn't show such an appearance in front of everyone, at least the cronies of his cronies, such as his right and left hand in front of him, the royal songwriter of S.M Entertainment and the founder of the S.M.P genre, Yu Yongzhen.

"I see, President...... But why have you been watching this video?" Yu Yongzhen asked after answering.

"It's not because of myths...... "Li Xiuman said after exhaling.

"Are they still insisting on leaving? There's no room for turnaround?" asked Yu Yongzhen.

"Well, you can't actually blame them...... Ever since Andy was beaten, they have had a rift between me and the company, but they just thought that I was their debut mentor, so they continued to stay until the end of the contract as a reward for their kindness. Li Xiuman rubbed his temples and said with his eyes closed.

"Well......" Yu Yongzhen is naturally clear about these, although this old friend's desire to control is very strong, but he protects his trainees and artists very well, and those dirty thoughts can't reach S.M's body. But Li Xiuman is only one person, and the umbrella that can be opened is also limited, and he can't stare at it 24 hours a day, which leads to the incident of Andy being beaten by a director, and the notoriety was also carried by Li Xiuman.

"So you're going to pull him in?" Yu Yongzhen asked.

"Hmm......" Li Xiuman replied.

"It's just that he is the president of a café and a rookie actor, do you think he will join S.M and make his debut as a singer again?" Yu Yongzhen asked the doubts in his heart.

"Who said I was going to let him debut as a singer?" said Li Xiuman with an unfathomable expression.

"So what you just said was for the sake of mythology? Did I hear it wrong?"

"The myth has the combination of TVXQ, so don't worry. The reason why I want to invite this Li Wei to join S.M Entertainment is to maintain the company's reputation after the mythical escape, whether this video is a show or real, so it is not bad for us for such a well-received person to join S.M, and then I am for the company's newly established film and television department, although there are already a few good seedlings, but there is a lack of a good actor to come to the town......" Li Xiuman revealed his ambition to Yu Yongzhen.

"I see...... Yu Yongzhen doesn't understand these at all, it's better to be his maker.

"I have sent Kim Young-min to contact the other party, hoping to have good news back......"

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