"Are you ready to agree to this, President?"

In the face of Kim Youngmin's slightly urgent inquiry, Li Xiuman's reaction was extraordinarily calm.

He leaned forward, picked up a cup of warm tea in front of him without hurry, waited until he drank two sips, then put down the teacup, and said lightly: "Don't worry, the company is my company, and I will not make any decisions that are unfavorable to the company." ”

"But ......"

"Do you know why I seriously considered that silly boy's proposal?"

"Huh?"

Kim Young-min couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when he heard this sudden question.

Looking at Kim Young-min, who hadn't kept up with him for a while, Lee so-man showed a weird smile on his face, "If EXO's Baekhyun and Girls' Generation Taeyeon fall in love, and the news is exposed, what do you think the reaction of the outside world will be?"

"This ......," Kim Young-min frowned and said tentatively, "It should cause a big stir, right?"

"That's right!

Li Xiuman's voice suddenly rose a little, he excitedly pointed his finger at Kim Youngmin, and then said in a deep voice: "This news will cause a 'big bang'! Everyone's eyes will be attracted! The combined effect of EXO and Girls' Generation is enough for the two of them to completely dominate all the headlines of entertainment news!"

Kim Young-min seems to have finally understood Lee so-man's intentions, but he still has trouble understanding the reason for Lee so-man's actions.

"But, President, this is too risky...... The slightest mistake will probably ruin both groups at the same time! Both sides are popular artists, especially Byun Baek-hyun's kid has grown into a popular male idol in the past two years, and Taeyeon will definitely be attacked madly at that time. ”

Kim Young-min's concerns are not unfounded.

You must know that in the entertainment industry, more than 90% of the fans of young male idols are female fans, and most of them are still young.

Fans like this are often the most troublesome types.

Not to mention being young and vigorous, they are all like the little female leopards who protect their food, with their teeth and claws, and they are extremely aggressive.

Although Taeyeon is a senior and has many years of fan accumulation, if the two sides are really torn apart, it is really hard for Kim Young-min to say which side will win.

What's more, no matter which side wins, it seems to be a loss that doesn't outweigh the losses.

Both sides will be attacked in a frenzy, and this damage will also affect SM Company.

It is precisely because of this concern that Kim Young-min will try his best to dissuade Lee so-man at this moment.

He is not worried that Kim Taeyeon and Byun Baek-hyun will be hurt by this, but he is worried that there will be an uncontrollable black tide that will cause a lot of losses to the company.

However, Li Xiuman, who listened quietly to Jin Yingmin's words, did not want to change his decision, he glanced at Jin Yingmin from the corner of his eye, and said, "I understand what you mean." But have you forgotten that even Anti is a kind of fan. In the circle we live in, being noticed is never a bad thing, and being forgotten is the real thing to be afraid of. ”

It's this theory again.

Jin Yingmin couldn't help but sigh secretly, he lowered his head, frowning and thinking.

"If I'm not mistaken, Baekhyun is not low in popularity among so many members of EXO, but he has always lacked decent personal exposure, right?"

Li Xiuman, who was sitting leisurely on the sofa, understood the hesitation that still existed in Kim Youngmin's heart at a glance, and continued to speak: "As the face of SM's new generation of boy group, how to keep EXO such a good momentum and continue to develop is one thing we must consider at the moment. It would be a good thing if they could get more people to notice them through a simple scandal. ”

Hearing Li Xiuman's words, Kim Yingmin smiled imperceptibly and bitterly.

It's a sure thing that it will get more people's attention, but whether this attention is wrapped in surging malice or will become a boost to EXO's popularity growth is two words.

"Of course, allowing Bian Boxian to increase his personal exposure and even increase EXO's popularity is just incidental. What I'm really thinking about...... Actually, it's Taeyeon. It's been a long time since she appeared in the public eye as the captain of Girls' Generation, and I was thinking that it was time for her to appear in everyone's eyes as an individual, as an entertainer Kim Taeyeon. ”

Lee so-man's words made Kim Young-min stunned again.

"What? Have you forgotten? Once we've got that guy's permission to kick Jessica out of Girlhood, we can start officially breaking down the all-time No. 1 girl group. ”

Li Xiuman's voice was soft when he said this, and he picked up the teacup on the table again, and squinted his eyes behind his glasses as he drank.

"Don't take a place for expired goods that can't be sold, and take them down when it's time to take them off the shelves. It's just that we can still squeeze a little bit of residual value before we process it, like a 'discount promotion' or something.......

Kim Young-min was sitting on the ground pursing her lips, her face silent.

He knew exactly what Lee so-man meant by this, and SM had been using the remaining popularity of Girls' Generation this year to finally make a considerable profit.

He also knows that when the company launches a new girl group Red Velvet at the end of the year, the company will "put Girls' Generation", a great contributor who helped the company from the development period all the way to the peak, "enter the cold palace".

Maybe the approach will not be as decisive as it was with Heavenly Zhixi, but it is estimated that the girlhood will inevitably be forgotten in the future.

SM's business strategy has always been like this, in the same era and in the same field, they will only promote one target, for example, after the launch of EXO, the company's boy group resources are rarely tilted towards SJ and TVXQ, and even SHINee is only four years before EXO's debut.

If you can't climb to the top, or slowly slip from the peak, you will only be abandoned.

Heavenly Tomoki, f(x), SHINee...... There are too many idol groups in SM over the ages that are a testament to SM's ruthless business principles.

And now, it's finally Girls' Generation's turn.

SM has always had a high tolerance for boy groups, which is because the fans of the boy group have always been more affectionate, not to mention it, let's just say that the fan group of "myth creation" has been accompanied for 16 years so far.

However, the girl group is different, as they get older, their former beauty is gone, and it is difficult to say that any girl group can maintain its popularity for 16 years like a mythical group, which has no precedent in the entertainment industry.

Therefore, as Li Xiuman said, the goods that should be removed from the shelves must be taken down after all, and the difference is only in the different ways.

Due to the peculiarities of Girls' Generation, Lee so-man and SM don't mind employing some special soft methods.

"Taeyeon, and Yoona, the two of them are the most valuable part of this 'expired item', and even if we officially disband Girls' Generation, or officially abandon Girls' Generation, they are the trump cards that must remain in the company. So, there's nothing wrong with cultivating their personal influence from now on, anyway, in our plan, isn't it going to be Taeyeon starting her solo next year? In the past, as a young captain, she was too low-key, and now it's time to catch her alone and make an appearance in front of everyone. ”

Kim Young-min actually has a lot of objections to this statement given by Lee so-man, he thinks that Lee so-man's idea is too taken for granted, even if he wants to increase his personal exposure, this approach is too radical.

This may be the difference caused by the different perceptions of individuals.

Li Xiuman has always adhered to the theory that "black fans are also fans", so in his opinion, even if it is such a scandal that can be expected to set off huge waves, he still insists on doing it after considering the possible benefits.

Kim Young-min could even guess what Lee so-man thought about the whole thing.

It's a big deal if you really can't control it when the time comes, just let the two break up, anyway, no matter how much the fans make a fuss, the result is nothing more than this, and there will be no loss in a fight, as for the feelings of the two parties, does it matter?

In Lee so-man's eyes, Kim Taeyeon and Byun Baek-hyun are not two people, but two tools that can bring benefits to the company, no one will consider the feelings of the tools, can it be said that they still have any power to resist?

This is SM, this is Li Xiuman.

Kim Young-min sighed in his heart, and did not try to say anything to dissuade him, but instead thought about other issues.

"We do this...... What if it arouses that person's disgust?"

It can be seen that Kim Yingmin's tone was a little cautious when mentioning "that person", and one hand was subconsciously raised and touched the corner of his forehead.

He still seemed to feel a faint pain.

"This matter is not in his hands, and the contract says that we are in charge of the management of Girls' Generation. Besides, when Yoona was in love, didn't we just report to him once? Since he can even be so tolerant of Yuna's love, what is a Kim Taeyeon? I estimate that in the entire youth, the only person he cared about was only Yoona. ”

Regarding Jin Yingmin's question, Li Xiuman also seemed to have a draft, and he did not hesitate to throw out an answer.

When Jin Yingmin heard this, he also nodded silently in agreement.

Through the past few years of contacts, they thought that they had touched the real bottom line of that person, thinking that he only cared about Yuna alone from beginning to end, so thinking about it, it seems that there is really no suitable reason to stop Taeyeon and Bian Baekhyun.

"So...... I'll seriously consider this when I get back. ”

At this time, Kim Young-min remembered something again, and said hesitantly: "Do you think that person will agree to our proposal to remove Jessica from Girls' Generation?"

"What's the reason for him not to agree? Even if he's interested in Jessica, as long as we tell him that Jessica has a boyfriend in private, he won't mind if we 'clean up' her for him. The psychological cleanliness of the chaebols is like this. ”

Li Xiuman shook his head, looking like he was already winning, he squinted at the empty air in front of him, and muttered to himself: "I said earlier, SM doesn't need disobedient people. Moreover, no one can change the company's development plan, no one ......"