Chapter 64: The New Year's Banquet (I)
PS: I wasn't very comfortable before, I fell asleep, and I made up for yesterday's second watch!
"J.H's Big Bang, Here !!"
The original title, "One Week of Seoul Records," was briefly reported in the article: "2006 was the year when the record industry continued to decline, and it was also the most lively year in recent years. In November, when many media believed that the overall situation of the record market had been decided, and SM might be the last winner, J.H made frequent moves. Ahn Jun-hyuk has released lyrics and songworks twice behind the scenes, Yoon Mi-rae joined J.H, and the transformation work "Don't Leave" sold 280,000 copies, blatantly overturning Lee so-young, and implementing the title of "Queen of Lyrics" with actual results. But Ahn Joon-hyuk seems to be still dissatisfied with this kind of achievement, in November, J.H sacrificed a killer feature, Bigbang debuted, and the song "Lies" became popular all over the country, and the veritable big bang blew the Korean music scene to pieces, and TVXQ regretted falling at the last moment......"
In the text report, the evolution of the Korean music industry in the past month or so is summarized.
“…… In September, the music industry was still depressed after a year of sluggishness, and no one could have imagined that the decadent record industry would end the year with such a brief but dazzling glory. TVXQ's "O. Pros and Cons Together" broke the curse of sluggish sales of idol groups in recent years, and the super performance of 300,000 sales made SM regain the title of the leader in the music industry after many years, proving to the outside world that its grasp of the market is still keen, and its operational strength is still outstanding......!
“…… J.H Company, founded by idol artist Ahn Jun Hyuk, quickly launched Yoon Mi-lai, SM and TVXQ to start the first round of competition! "Don't Leave" has a strong appeal. It quickly became a hit song in October, competing with "O. Positive and Negative" on multiple song platforms. TVXQ's year-end honor was in jeopardy under such an attack, and it was hard to survive the most dangerous moment, but J.H had another move, Bigbang was born, and the "Lies" pop craze broke out, pointing to the throne! Throughout December, the music industry reversed the previous clean and depressed, with SM and J.H as two camps. The parties mingled. All kinds of predictions, comments, attacks, and maintenance are in the dust, and now the list is out, and the results are revealed, and SM finally lost to J.H. Ahn Joon-hyuk used a big explosion to blast his old club into the abyss on the verge of happiness......"
Cooperate with this article. It is the author who reprints the Recording Industry Association data. And re-coloring the chart, Bigbang, "Lies", and J.H. Music at the top of the chart, and T-Yoon Mi-rae, "Don't Leave", and J.H. Music in third place, with a harsh red. TVXQ, "O. Positive and Negative", SM. E's miserable green is sandwiched in the center, the contrast is stark, and the person who sees it really wants to tear bitterness.
At the end of the article, he asked as if he was questioning: J.H.'s big bang is coming, will the music industry be loud from now on?
Naturally, other media outlets didn't allow Seoul Records to be exclusive to the previous one, and soon borrowed the same headline and reported similar content, no wonder the media was so shocked and even excited, it was really "Lies" that its influence had spread nationwide in the third week of its release.
In the fourth week, the MCs of major TV variety shows began to follow the pop, singing "Im.so.sorry.but.I.love.you, it's all a lie" in a ridiculous way.
If you walk into the crowd as an ordinary person, you will inevitably see that the ringtone of "Lies" quickly occupied the mobile phones of countless teenagers, and "Don't Leave" occupied the mobile phones of countless teenagers, even on the lively street, it is not surprising to hear a familiar melody several times a minute.
As the Chosun Ilbo said when reporting on this phenomenon - they are a trend, and they are fermenting at a frightening rate!
The kind of "fear" in the mouth of the media is J.H.'s creation!
As a company that has successfully launched two groups of artists in a row, and record sales occupy one or three places on the annual list, J.H's brilliance, just like the glorious day that has torn apart the haze after the distant mountains, has long become the focus of public opinion.
Of course, what the media wants to invite the most is Ahn Joon-hyuk, as the songwriter and producer of the two hit songs at the end of the year, and the driving force behind the success of Yoon Mi-rae and Bigbang, there is too much news to dig up.
For example, what did he say about the general praise of music critics, and how did he respond to the fact that "Lies" surpassed "1 Minute and 1 Second" commercially, but discarded art...... And so on and so forth.
It's a pity that Ahn Jun-hyuk is still in the ban period, and there is no problem with ordinary news interviews, after all, he is also an entrepreneur himself, but the program interviews are not good, even if the media doesn't care, Ahn Jun-hyuk needs to take care of the impact.
So, since Bigbang first got one, a reporter photographed him congratulating Bigbang backstage, and he hasn't been seen in public.
In the absence of him, the media only needs to focus more attention on the two groups of singers who set off the trend at the end of the year, as well as their representative works. Yoon Mi-rae's "Don't Leave" and Bigbang's "Lies" are still rolling forward with huge popularity, absorbing more halos, and the entire power of J.H's music has been invested in building momentum and promotion for them, and at the same time, their achievements have also gathered huge prestige for J.H.
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New Year's Day, Namsan Seoul, The Shilla Hotel!
At night, the dark sky outside is full of snowflakes, the halo of the city is filled, and the sky and the earth are dancing in the vast white, this hotel is known as the state guest house of South Korea. The fountain garden has long since stopped spitting water, and the pool and ground are full of snow. The tall main building on one side emits brilliant lights and a long flame of light illuminates the State Guest House, a complex of buildings clearly influenced by the French style of classical Chinese architecture, with verandahs and deep courtyards in the snow.
Located in Building 2, the state banquet hall is traditional on the outside and luxurious on the inside, and the banquet is held in a warm atmosphere with entrepreneurs from Seoul and all over the country. Dressed in the aroma of food and the gentle orchestra of the band. Ahn Jun-hyuk, who is also dressed in a suit and leather shoes, also holds a goblet between his fingers, and the scarlet wine exudes a bright luster and charming wine smell under the lamp, and sometimes greets the people next to him.
"President Gao. Not seen for many days. Don't come here unharmed, huh?"
"Huh. Ahn Joon-hyuk, your J.H company has been booming lately, and you can't hide from your news anywhere. Haha......ha
"You're joking, it's just a small fight, it's not as good as your industry......"
A few words of greeting, smiling faces and modestly looking at each other's deep friendship, a moment to raise a glass to say goodbye, and then turn around, it is another face to greet you.
"Director Luo, hehe, I didn't pay attention just now, I'm sorry, I'm slacking. ”
"No, no, President An is busy, and I, who am old and decrepit, just have time to catch my breath, hahaha...... Speaking of J.H, it has developed very quickly under you, and I have seen the news recently, J.H's music is booming, but I really envy us. ”
"Hey, what's the matter, such a small achievement, it's just a drop in the bucket of your company, it's not worth complimenting. ”
"Ha Lu Ha
Ahn Jun-hyuk naturally knew what he meant, but he thought that the finances were untrue, either false reporting or concealment.
This is a tax avoidance or value-added method that any company will use, obviously the other party does not think that J.H Music announced the actual figures, Ahn Junhyuk did not defend it, hehe smiled, and the two tacitly revealed the topic, modestly touted each other, and chatted for a while before they staggered.
One after another, familiar or unfamiliar faces, entangled Ahn Jun-hyuk is very busy, but this is also reasonable, J.H has been in the limelight recently, and he is the only entertainment company invited by the Roh Moo-hyun government to participate in this New Year's banquet, which naturally attracts a lot of attention, besides, as early as more than two months ago, there were rumors that J.H was preparing to acquire Gmarket.
J.H has not refuted the rumors about this news, and the relevant spokesman of Gmarket was also ambiguous when asked about it, no matter how you look at it, it is a confirmed thing, involving hundreds of millions of dollars in acquisitions, so that the business community is stunned by Ahn Junhyuk's strong assets on the one hand, and vaguely understands that although this young man is immature, he is already not to be underestimated.
If there is no conflict of interest, most people don't mind building a good relationship with a shopping mall upstart, if it weren't for this just a symbolic New Year's banquet, it would be equivalent to a small and medium-sized business exchange platform provided by the Roh Moo-hyun government, which is not suitable for bringing families, maybe most of the directors and presidents will also take their daughters and sisters to try to achieve a good story.
Ahn Jun-hyuk naturally didn't know what to say, in the bustling crowd, the thoughts of some people who were critical of him, walked around the hall for a while, and finally didn't meet any more acquaintances, or people who took the initiative to come to know, and only then did he have time to break free from the busy interpersonal communication, and was ready to go outside to take a breath, so that he could deal with someone's reception later.
Although the banquet was only held in the name of the Blue House, when he received a special phone call from Moon Jae-in, the head of the Blue House's secretary's office, more than a month ago, he knew that he could not refuse.
Quietly walked out of the hall, stood on the second floor of the corridor eaves, looked at the snowflakes outside, the world covered in silver, gently took a sip of wine, and tasted the sweetness and bitterness mixed with strong fragrance, Ahn Junhyuk frowned slightly.
The left flank is a ship that is about to sink, but the problem is that he and J.H may drown on this ship, and if they don't, they will definitely drown.
Even if SK's hidden political threat is not mentioned, if J.H wants to continue to develop, he must have a voice in the political arena that leans towards him, otherwise a small change in policy will be enough to destroy the entire plan.
Power money, power money, money is behind power after all!
So in the case where the right wing is undesirable (it is the inherent power of the chaebol), there is no choice.
Reaching out to catch a snowflake flying over, watching it melt in the palm of his hand, his fingertips twisting with a faint wetness, looking at the cold and transparent traces under the lamp, he whispered: "The world is like a furnace, rolling red dust, after all, it is impossible to be as clean as this snow......"
In fact, there is no chance of life in the left-wing, and he came this time, not to obey Roh Moo-hyun's will, but to ......
As his thoughts diverged, a hand suddenly patted him on the shoulder, Ahn Jun-hyuk was startled, and then heard a familiar female voice behind him laugh and ask, "What is a person doing here?" (To be continued......)